Lamar Ins. v. Hildreth
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Floyd Circuit Court. Action at law to recover of defendant upon his subscription to the stock of Lamar Insurance Company.. A demurrer to the petition was sustained, and, plaintiff electing to stand upon the petition, judgment was rendered for defendant. Plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtBeck, J.
i jurisdio ration Fortier Sfsmneitaup-on stock. I. The petition alleges that defendant subscribed to the stock of the Lamar Insurance Company, agree-to Pay twenty per centum of the subscription wdLin nine months, and the balance on call of tiie directors of the company, for which he gave a bond or stock note; that the twenty per eentmn alone has been paid; that the company became insolvent, and without assets of any kind except the claims upon the subscribers to its stock, and that upon a bill filed in the Superior Cpurt of Cook County, Illinois, by Edwin Burnham, for himself and other…
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- Chandler v. BrownIllinois Supreme Court · 1875
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