Owens v. Boyd Land Co.
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Circuit Oonrt of the city of Kichmond, rendered November 15, 1895, in an action of assumpsit, wherein the defendant in error was the plaintiff, and the plaintiff in error was the defendant.
1Opinion of the Court
Keith, P.,
delivered the opinion of the court.
*561The Boyd Land Company sued Owens in an action of as-, sumpsit, and averred that the defendant subscribed to 200 shares of the capital stock of the plaintiff company, of the par value of $10 per share, paying in cash $2.00 per share, and promising to pay the residue when required so to do> by the Board of Directors, but not more than 20 per cent, of the subscription to be called for in any one year; that the plaintiff had, by virtue of this contract, at various times called for instalments of stock subscription aggregating $500, which the defendant…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Watkins v. West Wytheville Land & Improvement Co.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1895
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