Converse v. Paret
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 407, Jan. T., 1909, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Monroe Co., Sept. T., 1907, No. 23, for plaintiff non obstante veredicto in case of Theodore R. Converse, Receiver of the Minnesota Thresher Manufacturing Company, v. Carrie G. Clark Paret. Assumpsit to recover assessments on stock. Before Staples, P. J. The facts appear by the opinion of the Supreme Court.
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Appeal, No. 407, Jan. T., 1909, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Monroe Co., Sept. T., 1907, No. 23, for plaintiff non obstante veredicto in case of Theodore R. Converse, Receiver of the Minnesota Thresher Manufacturing Company, v. Carrie G. Clark Paret. Assumpsit to recover assessments on stock. Before Staples, P. J. The facts appear by the opinion of the Supreme Court. The constitution of the state of Minnesota, adopted October 13, 1857, sec. 3, art. X, provides as follows: “Each stockholder in any corporation (except those organized for the purpose of carrying on any kind of…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Stewart,
James B. Clark, a citizen of the state of Connecticut, died in August, 1894. By his last will he appointed his wife, the defendant in this action, executrix, and gave her the full use and control of his entire estate until his only son should arrive at the age of twenty-one years, at which period the will directed that whatever estate then remained should be divided equally between widow and son. At the time of his death Clark was the owner of forty shares of the capital stock of the Northwestern Manufacturing & Car Company, a corporation organ*160ized under the laws…
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- Burgess v. SeligmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1883
- Harper v. CarrollSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1896
- Dunn v. State BankSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1894
- Lewis v. CarstairsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1843
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