National Express & Transportation Co. v. Morris
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Hearing on an. appeal by the plaintiff from a judgment on a verdict directed by the trial court, in an action to recover an assessment on certain shares of the capital stock of the plaintiff corporation. The facts are sufficiently stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Alvey
This action was brought by the National Express and Transportation Company, a corporation formed under the laws of the State of Virginia, against the defendant, Martin F. Morris, executor of the late Richard T. Merrick, deceased, to recover an assessment of 50 per cent, on certain shares of the capital stock of said corporation, alleged to have been subscribed for and held by said Merrick in his lifetime. The action is brought in the name of the corporation as legal plaintiff, for the use of George G. Carey, as substituted trustee, appointed by a decree of a court of chancery in the State of…
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