Farnsworth v. Robbins
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Appeal by defendant from an order of the district court for Ramsey county, refusing a new trial after a trial by Brill, J., a jury being waived.
1Opinion of the CourtDickinson, J.
The facts of this case as found by the trial court may be thus stated: The Northwestern Grain-dealers Association *370was organized as a corporation in 1881, with an authorized capital stock of $30,000. Subsequently this defendant subscribed for 100 shares of stock, of the par value of $5,000, for which he paid to the association $1,500 in cash, and gave his note for the remaining $3,500, which note was not, however, accepted as actual payment. It has never been paid. The certificates for this stock, to the amount of $3,500, were left in the possession of the secretary and treasurer, the…
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