Topeka Manufacturing Co. v. Hale
Supreme Court of Kansas
Error from Shawnee District Court. Action brought by George D. Hale, as assignee of the Capital Iron Works, against The Topeka Manufacturing Company, to recover the sum of $6,464.58, alleged to be due the plaintiff upon notes given by said defendant and over-due, and also on a book account of merchandise furnished said defendant.
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Error from Shawnee District Court. Action brought by George D. Hale, as assignee of the Capital Iron Works, against The Topeka Manufacturing Company, to recover the sum of $6,464.58, alleged to be due the plaintiff upon notes given by said defendant and over-due, and also on a book account of merchandise furnished said defendant. Upon this claim judgment was rendered against the defendant on the 8th day of September, 1885, in the district court of Shawnee county, for the full amount thereof, to wit, $6,800. On the 12th day of September, 1885, an execution was issued in due form on said…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by Clogston, C.:
The correctness of the judgment of the court below depends upon the question whether or not Mills was a stockholder of the Topeka Manufacturing Company at the time of the contracting of the debts and the rendition of this judgment. If he was, then this judgment is correct. It is claimed by the plaintiff in error, (and the evidence on his part tends to establish that fact,) that some time after the organization of the Topeka Manufacturing Company, trouble arose between some of its officers and its president, and that plaintiff was induced to become a stockholder in the…
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