Low v. Buchanan
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court of the Fourth District; the Hon. Tazewell B. Tanner, presiding Justice, and the Hon. James C. Allen and Hon. David J. Baker, Justices. This was an action of assumpsit, brought by Josiah O. Low, trustee, for the use of the Grand Tower Mining, Manufacturing and Transportation Company, against William C. Buchanan, in the circuit court of St. Clair county, and tried before the Hon. William H. Snyder, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Mulkey
The Belleville Nail Mill Company was legally incorporated in St. Clair county, on the 1st day of June, 1869, under the act of the General Assembly of this State, entitled “ An act to authorize the formation of corporations for manufacturing, mining, mechanical or chemical purposes,” approved and in force February 18th, 1857. By the terms of its organization its capital stock was limited to $161,000, all of which was paid in within four years from the date of incorporation.
On the 17th of November, 1875, William C. Buchanan, appellee, being one of its directors, was elected president of the…
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