Skrainka v. Allen
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from St. Louis Court of Appeals. This was a proceeding against defendant, Gerard B. Allen, by motion, under the statute, (1 Wag. Stat., p. 291, § 13,) as a stockholder of the Illinois & St. Louis Bridge Company.
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Appeal from St. Louis Court of Appeals. This was a proceeding against defendant, Gerard B. Allen, by motion, under the statute, (1 Wag. Stat., p. 291, § 13,) as a stockholder of the Illinois & St. Louis Bridge Company. As to the time when the liability of the stockholder became fixed, see Nixon v. Green, 11 Ex. 550; MeClaren v. Francis cus, 43 Mo. 453; Miller v. Great Republic, 50 Mo. 55. The opinion of Judge Dillon in Baltimore Bridge Co. v. Rlinois § St. Louis Bridge Co., conflicts with these cases, but the construction placed upon a state statute by an inferior federal court will not be…
1Opinion of the CourtHough, C. J.
On the 12th day of November, 1875, plaintiffs recovered judgment against the Illinois & St* Louis Bridge Company for $10,420.21. Execution was issued on this judgment on November 29th, 1875, which was duly returned nulla bona.
On March 20th, 1878, a motion was filed by the plaintiffs, under the statute, for an execution against the defendant Allen, as a stockholder in said bridge company. At the date of the return of the execution against the bridge company, Allen held 741 shares of stock, at the par value of $100 per share, and at the time when the motion was filed against him, he had sold…
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