Lewis v. St. Charles County
Missouri Court of Appeals
Error to St. Charles Circuit Court. cited : The State v. Gaither, 1 Mo. 501 ; Cabanne v. Lavallee, 1 Mo. 394; Boyd v. Sargent, 1 Mo. 437 ; Laws 1845, p. 233, sec. 13; Laws 1851, p. 265, secs. 26, 33 ; Laws 1865, p. 40 ; Const. 1865, art. 8, sec. 6 ; Kritzersr. Woodson, 19 Mo. 330 ; State Savings Assn. v. Kellogg, 63 Mo. 540; Perry v. Turner, 55 Mo. 419.
1Opinion of the CourtLewis, P. J.
The petition sets forth, in substance, that in September, 1851, the St. Charles Western Plank-Road Company was organized as a corporation, under an act to authorize the formation of associations to construct plank-roads and macadamized roads, approved Feb. 27, 1851; that the defendant, under authority conferred by law, subscribed for forty-four shares of the capital stock of said corporation, at. $50 per share, amounting to $22,000 par value, and paid up the full amount thereof; that by virtue of an agreement made on the ninth day of June, 1860, between said corporation and the firm of which…
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- Baker v. Administrator of BackusIllinois Supreme Court · 1863
- Spear v. CrawfordNew York Supreme Court · 1835
- Matthews v. AlbertCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1866
- Perry v. TurnerSupreme Court of Missouri · 1874
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- Lewis v. St. Charles CountyMissouri Court of Appeals · 1882