Great Western Telegraph Co. v. Barker
Appellate Court of Illinois
Memorandum.—Assumpsit. In the Circuit Court of La Salle County; the Hon. Charles Blanchard, Judge, presiding. Declaration on a contract .of subscription; judgment on demurrer to declaration; error by plaintiff. Heard in this court at the May term, 1894,
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Cartwright
The declaration in this case is the same in substance as the one which we held subject to demurrer in Bennett v. Great Western Telegraph Co., for use, etc., 53 Ill. App. 276. From its allegations it appears that a suit in equity was commenced in 1869, against plaintiff by some of its stockholders; that the other stockholders, among whom was defendant, were not made parties because impracticable; that a receiver was appointed on account of mismanagement and malfeasance of the officers of plaintiff and by consent and stipulation of the plaintiff and the other parties to said suit; that under…
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