Walter A. Wood Harvester Co. v. Jefferson
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Appeal by defendants, Rufus C. Jefferson and James Kasson, from an order of the District Court of Ramsey County, Wm. Louis. Kelly, J., made October 7, 1898, overruling their demurrer to the complaint. The plaintiff, the Walter A. Wood Harvester Company, is a corporation organized in January, 1892, under the laws of this state, with a capital of $2,500,000 divided into shares of $100 each.
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Appeal by defendants, Rufus C. Jefferson and James Kasson, from an order of the District Court of Ramsey County, Wm. Louis. Kelly, J., made October 7, 1898, overruling their demurrer to the complaint. The plaintiff, the Walter A. Wood Harvester Company, is a corporation organized in January, 1892, under the laws of this state, with a capital of $2,500,000 divided into shares of $100 each. The defendants are partners in business and on January 22, 1892, subscribed for and agreed to take and pay for at par fifty shares of the stock. They signed the stock subscription and paid five per cent,…
1Opinion of the CourtCollins, J.
This was an action brought upon the stock subscription under consideration in the same plaintiff against Robbins, 56 Minn. 48, (57 N. W. 317;) the main difference being that the attempted recovery here was for the entire amount subscribed, less five per cent, paid on the first call, instead of for a single installment. We need not discuss all of the points made upon the appeal, which is from an order overruling a general demurrer to an amended complaint.
There is one allegation in this complaint which was not found in that considered in the Bobbins Case, namely that, after signing said…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Marson v. DeitherSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1892
- St. Paul, Stillwater & Taylor's Falls Railroad v. RobbinsSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1877
- Columbia Electric Co. v. DixonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1891
- Clark v. Continental Improvement Co.Indiana Supreme Court · 1877
- Walter A. Wood Harvester Co. v. RobbinsSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1893
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