Walton v. Oliver
Supreme Court of Kansas
Error from, Cowley District Court. A sufficient statement of the case is contained in the opinion. 1. The petition of plaintiffs below stated no cause of action and no right of recovery against defendants below.
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Error from, Cowley District Court. A sufficient statement of the case is contained in the opinion. 1. The petition of plaintiffs below stated no cause of action and no right of recovery against defendants below. By said petition, it will be seen that there is in this case no claim that the goods furnished the Arkansas City Athletic Association were furnished to these plaintiffs in error, as promoters of said corporation before it had been a body corporate, neither were they furnished upon any representations made by plaintiffs in error, the defendants below; but the petition shows upon its…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Green, C.:
This action was commenced in the district court of Cowley county by the defendants in error to recover the sum of $295 debt, and $45.40 costs, from the plaintiffs in error, who were alleged to be the directors of the Arkansas City’ Athletic Association. The petition charged that, after making and filing a charter in the office of the secretary of state, the.'defendants never perfected the organization of the corporation by opening books for the purpose of receiving subscriptions; that they did not levy and collect any money from themselves, nor adopt any by-laws or other…
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