Basting v. Ankeny
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Appeal by defendant from an order of the district court for Hennepin county, Russell, J., sustaining a demurrer to the answer.
1Opinion of the CourtCollins, J.
This was an action brought by the receiver of a corporation (appointed by virtue of G-. S. 1894, § 5897) against a stockholder to recover the amount of a call upon his unpaid subscription for stock shares. The call was in accordance with the bylaws, was' by the board of directors, and was made and payable prior to the institution of the proceedings which resulted in the appointment of plaintiff as such receiver. On appeal from an order sustaining a general demurrer to the answer, defendant not only endeavors to uphold the sufficiency of his own pleading, but contends that the complaint itself…
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