Troutman v. Council Bluffs Street Fair & Carnival Co.
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Pottawattamie District Court. — Hon. N. W. Macy, Judge. Action to have a receiver appointed to wind up the affairs of the defendant as a pretended corporation or a copartnership, and to have its funds disposed of as justice and equity might' require. There was a trial on the merits, at the conclusion of which the court dismissed plaintiffs petition, and he appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtMcClain, J.
In 1903 the plaintiff, with seven others, who are made defendants, attempted to -organize the defendant corporation, which was to have a capital, stock of $10,000, divided into two hundred shares of $50 each, to be paid for in money or property as the board of directors might determine, and each of the parties thus associating themselves together subscribed for one share, for which they gave their respective notes, which have never been paid. The object of the corporation was to organize and conduct annual commercial .and industrial street fairs and *142carnivals in the city of Council Bluffs,…
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