Robbins Electric Co. v. Weber
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 126, Oct. T., 1895, by defendants, from judgment of C. P. No. 1, Allegheny County, Dec. T., 1892, No. 720, on verdict for plaintiff. Assumpsit to hold members of a limited partnership association liable as partners for the debts of the company.
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Appeal, No. 126, Oct. T., 1895, by defendants, from judgment of C. P. No. 1, Allegheny County, Dec. T., 1892, No. 720, on verdict for plaintiff. Assumpsit to hold members of a limited partnership association liable as partners for the debts of the company. At the trial the articles of association were offered in evidence, and were as follows: Be it known that the subscribers hereto, desiring to form a partnership association for the purpose of manufacturing electric light appliances and doing construction work for. electric lighting in the borough of Wilkinsburg, in the county of Alleghenjr,…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice McCollum,
It seems to us that in the formation of the National Electric Company, Limited, there was a sufficient compliance with the act of June 2,1874, and its supplements. The capital of the company was $8,500 and divided into shares of $25.00 each. Two thousand nine hundred and ninety-eight dollars and forty cents of it was contributed in cash and the balance in personal property. The alleged defect in the formation of the company was in the schedule of the personalty. The plaintiff claimed that the schedule was not sufficiently specific to satisfy the requirements of…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Laflin & Rand Co. v. Steytler, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Alleghany County1892
- Maloney v. BruceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1880
- Cock v. Bailey, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Alleghany County1892
- Vanhorn v. CorcoranSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1889
- Gearing v. CarrollSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1892