Chartiers Railway Co. v. Hodgens
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Court of Common- Pleas of Washington county: No. 263 to October and November Term 1874. This was an action of assumpsit, issued January 28th 1874, by the Chartiers Railway Company against Robert A. Hodgens.
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Error to the Court of Common- Pleas of Washington county: No. 263 to October and November Term 1874. This was an action of assumpsit, issued January 28th 1874, by the Chartiers Railway Company against Robert A. Hodgens. The plaintiffs’ claim was for a part of the subscription by the defendant to four shares of the capital stock of the plaintiff; the subscription being at the rate of $50 per share, of which $80 had been paid; the amount claimed was $120, with interest at the rate of one per cent per month for default of payment. The subscription was in these words :— “We whose names are…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Williams
This case comes before us under the Act of 18th April 1874, Pamph. L. 64, the first section of which provides that in all actions now pending, or which may hereafter be brought, wherein, by Act of Assembly or rule of court, the plaintiff is entitled to ask for judgment for want of a sufficient affidavit of defence, and the court shall decide against his right to such judgment, plaintiff may except to such decision and take a writ of error to the Supreme Court.
The action was brought to recover the unpaid assessments on four shares of stock, subscribed by the defendant, together with the…
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