Lewis' Adm'r v. Glenn
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to judgment of corporation court of Norfolk city in an action of trespass on the case in assumpsit, wherein John Glenn, as trustee of the National Express and Transportation Company, under a trust deed executed by said company to trustees, to whom said Glenn was the successor, was plaintiff, and John N. Green, as administrator d. b. n., with the will annexed, of Frances M. Lewis, deceased, was defendant.
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Error to judgment of corporation court of Norfolk city in an action of trespass on the case in assumpsit, wherein John Glenn, as trustee of the National Express and Transportation Company, under a trust deed executed by said company to trustees, to whom said Glenn was the successor, was plaintiff, and John N. Green, as administrator d. b. n., with the will annexed, of Frances M. Lewis, deceased, was defendant. The •object of this action was to recover out of the unadministered assets of the testatrix in the hands of her executor and sole legatee, Conway Whittle, at the time of his death,…
1Opinion of the CourtRichardson, J.
The Rational Express and Transportation Company by an act passed on the 12th day of December, 1865, was chartered as a joint stock company, its capital stock to be $5,000,000, to be divided in shares of $100 each, with the privilege of increasing its capital stock to a sum not exceeding $10,000,000; and the company was authorized to commence business as soon as one-third of the capital stock was subscribed, and $100,000 of same was paid up, the chief office of the company to be kept at Richmond, Va.
In connection with its chartered privilege of engaging in the express and general…
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