Perry v. Turner
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from, Buchanan Circuit Court. I. The court below erred in refusing to require the defendants to answer jointly, as their separate answers were exact copies of each other. (Wagn. Stat., 1017, § 14.) II. The allegations of the petition are sufficient, in a proceeding like this, to show a dissolution of the corporation. (Slee vs. Bloom, 19 Johns., 456; Briggs vs. Penniman, 8 Cow., 387; Moore vs. Whitcomb, 48 Mo., 543; State Sav.
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Appeal from, Buchanan Circuit Court. I. The court below erred in refusing to require the defendants to answer jointly, as their separate answers were exact copies of each other. (Wagn. Stat., 1017, § 14.) II. The allegations of the petition are sufficient, in a proceeding like this, to show a dissolution of the corporation. (Slee vs. Bloom, 19 Johns., 456; Briggs vs. Penniman, 8 Cow., 387; Moore vs. Whitcomb, 48 Mo., 543; State Sav. As’n. of St. Louis vs. Kellogg, 52 Mo., 583.) III. The liability of defendants for the debt due plaintiffs is that of original obligors, springing out of and…
1Opinion of the CourtNapton, Judge
As the only question in this case arises on the sufficiency of the petition, it will be necessary to state it in substance. The action is brought by Perry & Brothers, a partnership firm doing business under that name, against Turner, Hays, Wasson and others, alleged to be stockholders in the St. Louis and St. Joseph railroad company, to recover the amount of $22,500, alleged to be due from that company to the plaintiffs.
It is alleged that in 1868 the company was duly organized *422under the general law concerning private corporations, for the construction and operation of a certain railroad…
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- Slee v. BloomNew York Supreme Court · 1822
- Corning & Horner v. McCulloughNew York Court of Appeals · 1847
- State Savings Ass'n v. KelloggSupreme Court of Missouri · 1873
- Norris v. WrenschallCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1871
- Kritzer v. WoodsonSupreme Court of Missouri · 1854
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