Isham v. . Buckingham
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from, judgment of the General Term of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, affirming a judgment in favor of defendant entered upon the report of a referee. Action to recover certain unpaid calls upon stock (subscribed for by defendant) of the Glenville Woolen Company, a corporation organized under the joint stock laws of the State of Connecticut. On the 26th May, 1854, defendant subscribed for 400 shares of the stock of said company.
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Appeal from, judgment of the General Term of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, affirming a judgment in favor of defendant entered upon the report of a referee. Action to recover certain unpaid calls upon stock (subscribed for by defendant) of the Glenville Woolen Company, a corporation organized under the joint stock laws of the State of Connecticut. On the 26th May, 1854, defendant subscribed for 400 shares of the stock of said company. In pursuance of calls he paid in fifty per cent. In October, 1854, he transferred in good faith, for a valuable consideration, 160 shares…
1Opinion of the Court
Chukch, Ch. J.
This action was brought to recover unpaid calls upon 160 shares, a portion of 400 shares of stock, subscribed by the defendant in the Grlenville Woolen Company, a joint stock corporation, organized under the laws of Connecticut. The referee found that the defendant transferred the stock to one Eiplcy, after having paid fifty per cent of the amount upon previous calls; that such transfer was in good faith, and that the company acquiesced in the same and recognized Eipley as the owner of the stock. These findings of fact, if decisive of the case, are conclusive upon this court, as…
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