Barbee v. Jacksonville & Alligator Plank Road Co.
Supreme Court of Florida
Writ of Error to the Circuit Court for Duval County. ■This was an action of assumpsit instituted against the plaintiff in Error, to recover the amount of divers assessments upon the shares owned by plaintiff in Error in the capital stock of the said company. The first five counts of the declaration are based upon a promise to subscribe for stock, made anterior to the incorporation of the Company.
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Writ of Error to the Circuit Court for Duval County. ■This was an action of assumpsit instituted against the plaintiff in Error, to recover the amount of divers assessments upon the shares owned by plaintiff in Error in the capital stock of the said company. The first five counts of the declaration are based upon a promise to subscribe for stock, made anterior to the incorporation of the Company. The next five counts are for the several assessments, and they respectively allege a subscription made after the incorporation of the Company by the plaintiff in Error, for ten shares of stock. The…
1Opinion of the Court
DuPONT, J.-,
delivered the opinion of the Court.
This was an action of assumpsit, instituted in the Circuit Court of Duval County, by the respondent, for the recovery of a sum of money claimed to be due from the plaintiff in error, for divers assessments alleged to have been made upon certain shares owned by him in the capital stock of the said Company. The declaration contains twelve counts, the first five of which are upon a promise to subscribe for *265stock, made anterior to the incorporation of the Company. The next five counts are for the several assessments, and alledge respectively a…
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