Johnston v. Allis
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action to recover the amount of a stock subscription, brought to the Superior Court in Hartford County and, after certain rulings upon demurrers had been made by Elmer and Prentice, Jh., favorable to the defendant, tried to the court, Ralph Wheeler, J.; facts found and judgment rendered for the defendant, and appeal by the plaintiff for alleged errors in the rulings of the court.
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Action to recover the amount of a stock subscription, brought to the Superior Court in Hartford County and, after certain rulings upon demurrers had been made by Elmer and Prentice, Jh., favorable to the defendant, tried to the court, Ralph Wheeler, J.; facts found and judgment rendered for the defendant, and appeal by the plaintiff for alleged errors in the rulings of the court. The complaint alleges that the plaintiff is the trustee in insolvency of the Yale Brick Company, a corporation organized under the joint stock laws of this State, with a capital of $100,000 divided into 1,000 shares…
1Opinion of the CourtAndrews, C. J.
The defendant subscribed for five hundred shares of the capital stock of the Yale Brick Company, adding to his name the word “trustee.” Nothing has ever been paid on these shares by the defendant or any one else. Afterwards the company was formally organized, and the defendant was chosen one of the directors and its secretary and treasurer; and he has at all times been active in the affairs of the company. This subscription and the organization of the company took place on the 14th day of October, 1892. On the same day the defendant, the other directors of the company acting with him, made,…
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