Great Western Telegraph Co. v. Loewenthal
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ of Error to the Appellate Court for the First District; — heard in that court on writ of error to the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Richard W. Clifford, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the Court
Wilkin, C. J.:
The Great Western Telegraph Company, a corporation organised in 1867, commenced its action of assumpsit against B. Loewenthal, the defendant in error, to recover an amount claimed to be due from him upon an alleged subscription to the capital stock of said company. An agent of the company, about the time of its organization, for the purpose of soliciting subscriptions to its capital stock, called on Loewenthal and solicited him to subscribe for -stock, and the latter gave him his subscription for one hundred shares, with directions to hold it, and not deliver it to the company…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Terwilliger v. Great Western Telegraph Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1871
- Fisher v. GreeneIllinois Supreme Court · 1880
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