Levison v. Hamilton
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
• In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York; Learned Hand, Judge. Action by Charles Hamilton, a's receiver of Evans-Johnson-Sloane Company, against Benno Levison, Jr., to recover an assessment levied by the district court of Ramsey county, Minn., on defendant as a stockholder in the Evans-Johnson-Sloane Company. Defendant was found by such court to be the owner of 30 shares, which were assessed $100 each.
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• In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York; Learned Hand, Judge. Action by Charles Hamilton, a's receiver of Evans-Johnson-Sloane Company, against Benno Levison, Jr., to recover an assessment levied by the district court of Ramsey county, Minn., on defendant as a stockholder in the Evans-Johnson-Sloane Company. Defendant was found by such court to be the owner of 30 shares, which were assessed $100 each. From a judgment in favor of plaintiff for $4,119.11 (198 Fed. 444), defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
COXE, Circuit Judge.
The complaint alleges that the Evans-Johnson-Sloane Company was organized under the law of Minnesota and is and was a citizen and resident of that state; that the defendant subscribed for the stock of said corporation and ever since the 23d of April, 1902, has been the owner and holder of 30 shares of said stock which stood in his name on the books of the corporation from the date aforesaid until August 18, 1904, when the defendant executed the assignment indorsed on the certificate and surrendered it to the corporation. The plaintiff contends that the attempted surrender…
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