Michigan Ammonia Works v. Ellk
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 63, April T., 1911, by defendant, from order of C. P. No. 4, Allegheny Co., Fourth Term, 1909, No. 426, discharging rule to open judgment in case of Michigan Ammonia Works v. William Ellk. Rule to open judgment. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court. Error assigned was order discharging rule to open judgment.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Morrison, J.,
William Ellk, appellant, was a stockholder in the Wooster Gas Company of Wooster, Ohio; said gas company purchased from the Michigan Ammonia Works, appellee, an ammonia plant for about $3,000, giving in payment therefor, one-half in cash, and the balance in two notes amounting to $1,500, indorsed by the appellant. Subsequently the said gas company was forced into bankruptcy and the said ammonia plant was sold by the trustee in bankruptcy to one, M. J. Buck, he being a stockholder in the said Wooster Gas Company. Thereafter the appellee made a written proposition, in…
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