Fey v. Peoria Watch Co.
Appellate Court of Illinois
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Peoria County; the Hon. S. S. Page, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtLacey, J.
This was a suit in assumpsit by the appellee against the appellant to recover from the latter the sum of $1,000 and interest on his subscription to the capital stock of the former, it being a corporation organized for the purpose of carrying on the manufacturing and sale of watches in the city of Peoria, with a capital stock of $250,000, consisting of 2,500 shares of $100 each, with a duration of ninety-nine years. The subscription paper which was signed by appellant bore date December 1,1885, which he signed for ten shares. This subscription was preparatory to organization, which took place…
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