Sullivan v. Farnsworth
Tennessee Supreme Court
FROM SHELBY. Appeal from tire Chancery Court of Shelby County. —Francis Fenteess, Chancellor.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Fancher
Complainant is receiver of the Lake View Traction Company, a Maine corporation. This concern undertook to construct an interurban railway running out from Memphis to a point in northern Mississippi, and became insolvent.
The defendant was induced by his friend, the late W. A. Percy, of Memphis, to take stock in the concern. He first on July 31, 1906, put up $1,000 on the assurance of Percy, acting for the traction company, that this was the full extent of his liability. Later, on May 9, 1907, $1,000 of additional stock was issued in his name, and finally, on February 24, 1910, under a…
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