Harts v. Brown
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Logan county; the Hon. Lyman Lacey, Judge, presiding. This was a bill in chancery, filed by Jefferson Brown, Ezra Boren, John Howser, Mark W. Barrett, William F. Ryan, Abner C. Boyd, Joel B. Paisley, Hamilton Tibbets, Jesse Ferbis, James M. Howser, Samuel Waters, Robert B. Latham, Malon R. Hall, Eli Downey, J. Shelton Randolph, Martin Spitley and John Hukill, against David H. Harts, Frank Frorer, Silas Season, Ambrose Miller and the Lincoln…
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Logan county; the Hon. Lyman Lacey, Judge, presiding. This was a bill in chancery, filed by Jefferson Brown, Ezra Boren, John Howser, Mark W. Barrett, William F. Ryan, Abner C. Boyd, Joel B. Paisley, Hamilton Tibbets, Jesse Ferbis, James M. Howser, Samuel Waters, Robert B. Latham, Malon R. Hall, Eli Downey, J. Shelton Randolph, Martin Spitley and John Hukill, against David H. Harts, Frank Frorer, Silas Season, Ambrose Miller and the Lincoln Coal Company. The object of the bill, the facts of the case and the proceedings had, are stated in the opinion of the…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Walker
The Lincoln Coal Company was first organized in the year 1867, under the general incorporation law of this State, but afterwards became incorporated under a special charter adopted at the session of the General Assembly of 1869. The stock was divided into five hundred shares of $100 each. Three hundred were sold and paid for in full, but the remaining two hundred were apportioned among the stockholders according to the number of shares each held, upon their paying $30 on each share. Three shares were subsequently forfeited, leaving four hundred and ninety-seven shares to represent the capital…
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