Moran Oil & Gas Co. v. Anderson
Court of Appeals of Texas
Error from District Court, Scurry County; W. W. Beall, Judge. Suit by E. J. Anderson .and others against the Moran Oil & Gas Company and others. To review judgment for plaintiffs by default, defendants bring error.
1Opinion of the CourtConner, C. J.
This is an appeal from a judgment by default in favor of appellees for $30,000 in a suit instituted in a district court of Scurry county by appellee E. J. Anderson and thirty-one others. It was alleged that these plaintiffs were stockholders in the Moran Oil & Gas Company, incorporated under the laws of this state, with a total capitalization of $65,000, of which the plaintiffs owned in the aggregate $9,000. It was further alleged that F. L. Driskill and seven other defendants named had promoted, incorporated, and organized the Moran Oil & Gas Company, and that they were the directors and…
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