Legal Opinion
In re Hall
District Court, N.D. Iowa
Decided August 18, 1913No. 915Published
In the matter of' George B. Hall and another, bankrupts. Claim of the Lumbermen’s Cement & Brick Company, presumably a corporation. An order was entered by the referee rejecting the claim, and the claimant petitions for a review.
1Opinion of the Court
REED, District Judge.
April 27, 1909, the bankrupt, George B. Hall, subscribed in writing for $500 of the preferred and common stock of the. Lumbermen’s Portland Cement Company, a Kansas corporation, which contract reads as follows:
“Original Subscription to Stock of Lumbermen’s Portland Cement Company. * * * * ******
“Payment on this contract to be made only by draft or check payable to the order of the company.’
“I hereby subscribe and agree to take five shares of the 7 per cent, interest-bearing preferred stock of the Lumbermen’s Portland Cement Company, said shares being of the par value of…
2Cases cited3 opinions
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- Nelson v. WilsonSupreme Court of Iowa · 1888
- Cooper v. McKeeSupreme Court of Iowa · 1878