Wheeler v. Werner
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, Paul Werner, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Erie on the 6th day of April, 1910, upon the decision of the court rendered after a trial at the Erie Special Term.
1Opinion of the Court
Robson, J.:
Plaintiff’s judgment is based upon defendant’s liability as the record holder of .one share of stock of the German Bank, having a par value of $1,000.
The German Bank was organized in 1871 under the State Banking Laws, ahd had a capital stock of $100,000 divided into 100 shares of $1,000 each. It continued to do business at Buffalo, 1ST. Y., until December 5, 1904. Later in that month it was duly adjudged to be insolvent, and plaintiff was duly appointed receiver of its property. The assets of the corporation proved deficient by more than $1,000,000 for the payment of its debts and…
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