Coe v. Armour Fertilizer Works
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OP THE STATE OP FLORIDA. The facts, which involve the constitutionality of § 2677, General Statutes of Florida of 1906, as amended by the act of 1909, c. 5892, relating to the liability of stockholders for judgment debts of the' corporation to the extent of their subscriptions remaining unpaid, are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Pitney
The Armour Fertilizer Works, having recovered in the Circuit Court for Manatee County, Florida, a judgment for about $3,000 against the Parrish Vegetable & Fruit Company, a corporation, sued out a writ of execution against the goods and lands of that company and placed it in the hands of the sheriff, who returned that he was unable to find any property of the judgment debtor whereon to levy. Thereupon, pursuant to. § 2677, Gen. Stat. Fla. 1906, as amended by act of 1909, c. 5892, the Fertilizer Works sued out an execution against the goods and lands of the plaintiff in error, Henry L. Coe, as…
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