Maynard v. Doe Run Lead Co.

The plaintiff, a stockholder in the defendant corporation, -seeks by this suit to compel the issuance to him of certificates of stock to which he claims he is entitled by virtue of an increase of the capital stock.

The Doe Run Lead Company originally was incorporated in 1886, with a. capital stock of $200,000'. In 1888 the stock was increased to $500,000; in 1891 to $750-, 000; in 1898 to $1,500,000; in 1903 to $4,000,000. In 1906 the capital stock was increased from $4,000,000 to $10,000,000. The increase in 1898 and the increase in 1902, each, was on account of net surplus assets of the…