Henry v. Evans

I. It is alleged in the petition that in 1877 a corporation known as the Evans-Jackson LiveStock Company was organized under the laws of the state of Iowa. The purpose of the corporation was to *245purchase and own a cattle ranch and cattle in the territory of Wyoming. The capital stock of the company was one hundred thousand dollars, in shares of one hundred dollars each. The original corporators were William Evans, J. F. Evans, James A. Jackson, Samuel Hass, and John T. Stewart. By the articles of incorporation, it was provided that sixty per cent, of the shares should be paid at once, which…