Beddow v. Huston
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for King county, Gay, J., entered March 14, 1911, upon sustaining a demurrer to the complaint, dismissing an action by a receiver to recover from a stockholder on his subscription to the capital stock of a corporation.
1Opinion of the CourtMorris, J.
— Appeal from a judgment of dismissal entered upon the sustaining of a demurrer to the complaint. The complaint, in so far as it is material to the question involved, alleged the capital stock of the corporation to be $250,000, of which respondent held all but four shares, and for which he paid by transferring to the corporation real estate worth not to exceed $6,000; that the assets of *586the corporation were $1,363.22, and its liabilities more than $5,000. It was then alleged:
“(5) That by an order of the said superior court duly made and entered on January 12, 1910, the plaintiff as receiver…
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