Johnson v. Corser
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Appeal by defendants from an order of the district court for Hennepin county, Tfoung, J., presiding, refusing a new trial. Dickinson, J. The questions involved in this case are the same as those considered in Johnson v. Corser, supra, and the result is controlled by that decision.
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Appeal by defendants from an order of the district court for Hennepin county, Tfoung, J., presiding, refusing a new trial. Dickinson, J. The questions involved in this case are the same as those considered in Johnson v. Corser, supra, and the result is controlled by that decision. On April 30, 1884, tlie defendants signed articles associating themselves together for the purpose of organizing as a body corporate under tlie name of “The Sixth Avenue North Extension and Improvement Association.” These articles of association were not filed for record until November 21, 1884. In the first week in…
1Opinion of the Court
Dickinson, J.1
In the spring of 1884 the defendants entered into articles of association, intending to acquire a corporate character, and probably supposed that this purpose had been accomplished. No incorporation was, however, effected. The articles of association executed by the defendants declared the purpose of the proposed corporation to be to secure the extension of a certain street in Minneapolis, and to improve and beautify the same. They provided for no *357capital stock, but that the funds necessary for the accomplishment of the contemplated purpose should be raised by subscription from…
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