Besch v. Western Carriage Manufacturing Co.
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from the St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Hon. Daniel Dillon, Judge. The contract sued on was not a contract with the corporation. Finley v. Kurtz, 34 Mich. 89 ; Bennett v. Car Roofing Co., 19 Mo. App. 349.
1Opinion of the CourtBiggs, J.
This is an action for a balance claimed by the plaintiff to be due him from the defendant corporation, for salary as vice-president and superintendent of the corporation. The defendant is a business corporation organized and incorporated on the first day of November, 1886, *334under the general law of the state, entitled “ manufacturing and business companies, ” and since that time, has been doing business as such corporation in the city of St. Louis. The original stockholders were Frederick Bruder (now deceased), Louis Reutz, and the plaintiff. The three stockholders constituted the first board…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Cheeney v. Lafayette, Bloomington & Mississippi Railway Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1873
- Rockford, Rock Island & St. Louis R. R. v. SageIllinois Supreme Court · 1872
- Shackelford v. New Orleans, Jackson, & Great Northern RailroadMississippi Supreme Court · 1859
- Bennett v. St. Louis Car Roofing Co.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1885
- Finley Shoe & Leather Co. v. KurtzMichigan Supreme Court · 1876
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