Legal Opinion

Lucile Dreyfus Mining Co. v. Willard

Washington Supreme Court

Decided May 3, 1907No. 6546PublishedCited by 4 opinions

Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Spokane county, Kennan, J., entered April 13, 1906, upon findings in favor of the plaintiff, after a trial on the merits before the court without a jury, in an action to cancel an overissuance of corporate stock.

1Opinion of the CourtRoot, J.

This action was brought by respondent, a corporation, to cancel a large amount of overissued stock held by numerous persons. The appellants Willard and Jamison each appeared in said action and interposed a counterclaim for the amount paid for certificates of such overissue held by him; and appellants Finley and Jamison each interposed a like counterclaim for money loaned upon such certificates, deposited as collateral security by one Kressly, secretary of the corporation. From a judgment and decree adverse to them, each has appealed.

The respondent was incorporated under the laws of this…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Claflin v. Farmers' & Citizens' Bank of Long IslandNew York Court of Appeals · 1862
  2. Wilson v. Metropolitan Elevated Railway Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1890
  3. Moores v. Citizens' Nat. Bank of PiquaSupreme Court of the United States · 1884
  4. Farrington v. South Boston RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1890
  5. Lamson v. BeardCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1899

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3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Langlois v. GragnonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1909
  2. Citizens' Nat. Bank v. Santa Rita Hotel Co.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1927
  3. Hobson v. MarshWashington Supreme Court · 1912
  4. Lucile Dreyfus Mining Co. v. WillardWashington Supreme Court · 1907

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