Haslam v. American Auto Club, Inc.

Biddle, P. J.,

9th judicial district, specially presiding,

— This was an action in assumpsit brought by the plaintiff against the defendant, a Delaware corporation, to recover the amount claimed on a certificate of indebtedness dated Feb. 6, 1920, purporting to be signed by the defendant corporation by R. C. Bennet, its alleged general manager.

The plaintiff had been the owner of one-half of the outstanding common stock of the defendant corporation, and on Nov. 29, 1919, he entered into a contract with Dr. Mary D. Ridgeway, who was the owner of the remaining outstanding common stock, for the…