White v. McCullagh
West Virginia Supreme Court
Error to Circuit Court, Ohio County. Action by A. L. White and others, syndicate managers, etc., against B. J. MoCullagh. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiffs bring error.
1Opinion of the Court
Williams, Judge:
This writ of error was awarded, on petition of plaintiffs, to a judgment against them by the circuit court of Ohio county. The suit is to recover twenty per cent, of a $5,000 subscription by defendant to stock and bonds to be issued by a corporation to be thereafter organized and to be known as the “Tula Company”, for the purpose of acquiring certain iron ore and timber property in the Republic of Mexico, owned by one Manuel L. Corcuera, on which one W. A. Butehart of the city of Mexico held an option at the price of *161$750,000, which he proposed to assign to the corporation.…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- King v. . BarnesNew York Court of Appeals · 1888
- Eclipse Oil Co. v. South Penn Oil Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1899
- American Agricultural Chemical Co. v. KennedySupreme Court of Virginia · 1904
- Alderton v. WilliamsMichigan Supreme Court · 1905
- Gittings v. MayhewCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1854
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