Brown v. Allebach
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern Pennsylvania
In Equity. Final hearing upon bill, answers, and proofs.
1Opinion of the Court
HOLLAND, District Judge.
This is a bill in equity against a large number of stockholders, resident in this district, seeking to collect from them an assessment of $2.50 a share, levied by Arthur K. Brown, receiver, in 1905, under the direction of the United States Circuit Court for the District of New Jersey, the court of primary jurisdiction. The American Alkali Company was a New Jersey corporation, of which the plaintiff was duly appointed receiver. The capitalization of the company, aside from the common stock, which was issued full-paid, was 120,000 shares of preferred stock, of the par…
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