Howard v. Glenn
Supreme Court of Georgia
Corporations. Debtor and creditor. Pleadings. Parties. Judgments. Service. Fraud. Stockholders. Evidence. Admissions. Before Judge Roney. Richmond superior court.
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Corporations. Debtor and creditor. Pleadings. Parties. Judgments. Service. Fraud. Stockholders. Evidence. Admissions. Before Judge Roney. Richmond superior court. October term, 1889. The petition of J ohn Glenn, trustee, filed December 13, 1884, alleged that W. H. Howard was indebted to him, as trustee, $450, with interest from December 14, 1880, for the following reasons: Howard subscribed for fifteen shares of stock of the National Express and Transportation Company, a corporation of Virginia, promising to pay for it $100 per share in such instalments and at such times as he might be…
1Opinion of the Court
Blandford, Justice.
At the appearance term the defendant filed a motion to dismiss the plaintiff’s declaration, on the ground that he failed to annex a copy of the written terms of subscription, and copies of the proceedings referred to in his declaration, with a copy of the call for the enforcement of which this action was brought. Subject to this motion the defendant pleaded (1) that the National Express and Transportation Company was not, on the 14th day of December, 1880, a body politic and coi'porate as alleged in the plaintiff’s declaration; (2) that the plaintiff is not a legally…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Turnbull v. PaysonSupreme Court of the United States · 1877
- Glenn v. SumnerSupreme Court of the United States · 1889
- Glenn v. HowardSupreme Court of Georgia · 1889
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- Harrell v. BlountSupreme Court of Georgia · 1901
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