Harmon v. Page
California Supreme Court
Appeal by the plaintiff from the judgment of the District Court of the Fourth Judicial District of the State of California in and for the City and County of San Francisco. Morrison, J. Action in equity to compel the defendants, as stockholders in insolvent commercial corporation, to pay in for benefit of plaintiff amount of stock contracted for by them. The facts, are stated in the opinion of the Court.
1Opinion of the Court
Morrison, C. J.:
The cdmplaint shows that the defendant, the “ City Paving Company,” is a corporation duly organized and formed under the laws of the State of California, on or about the tenth day of November, 1868, with a nominal capital stock of $500,000, divided into 5,000 shares of $100 each. It also avers that the defendants, respectively, at the times mentioned in the complaint, became the subscribers to shares of the capital stock of the corporation, setting forth the number of shares subscribed for by each of them. It further alleges that none of the defendants have ever paid into the…
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