Savage v. Bartlett
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Baltimore City Court. The case is stated in the opinion of the Court. Exception. — At the trial the plaintiff offered the two following prayers: 1. That the defendant having produced the paper dated July 11, 1890, and having admitted that he accepted that paper or receipt, and that he paid the money therein mentioned for fifty shares of the stock of the Yalley Land and Improvement Company on the terms stated in said receipt and in the prospectus therein…
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Appeal from the Baltimore City Court. The case is stated in the opinion of the Court. Exception. — At the trial the plaintiff offered the two following prayers: 1. That the defendant having produced the paper dated July 11, 1890, and having admitted that he accepted that paper or receipt, and that he paid the money therein mentioned for fifty shares of the stock of the Yalley Land and Improvement Company on the terms stated in said receipt and in the prospectus therein mentioned, and offered in evidence, the company had the authority of the defendant to register his name upon its books as a…
1Opinion of the CourtRobinson, C. J.
The Valley Land and Improvement Company was incorporated by an Act of the Legislature of the State of Virginia, approved January 29th, 1890, with a capital stock ol' $2,000,000. In April, 1891, within fifteen months after its incorporation, the company executed a deed of trust, conveying all its property, including its unpaid capital stock, to trustees for the benefit of its creditors. In August of the same year, upon a bill filed by the creditors in the Circuit Court of Page County, Virginia, the plaintiff was appointed sole trustee to execute the deed of trust in the place of the four…
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