Business Men's Ass'n v. Williams
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from Louisiana Court of Common Pleas. — Eon. David B. Eby, Judge. The agreement of September 2, 1905, pleaded and introduced in evidence as Exhibit 3, was not a subscription for shares of stock in any corporation, but was simply an informal or preliminary paper of subscription —such as is commonly signed as a part of the enterprise and zeal which gives birth to a corporation; but which the statute fails to recognize among the necessary and prescribed steps to be taken…
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Appeal from Louisiana Court of Common Pleas. — Eon. David B. Eby, Judge. The agreement of September 2, 1905, pleaded and introduced in evidence as Exhibit 3, was not a subscription for shares of stock in any corporation, but was simply an informal or preliminary paper of subscription —such as is commonly signed as a part of the enterprise and zeal which gives birth to a corporation; but which the statute fails to recognize among the necessary and prescribed steps to be taken by the incorporators to create a body corporate. It was nothing more than an informal or preliminary statement by the…
1Opinion of the CourtNortoni, J.
— This is a suit seeking to enforce the obligation of a stockholder in plaintiff corporation. Plaintiff recovered and the defendant appeals.
It appears that the defendant and a large number of other business men, citizens of the city of Louisiana, Missouri, had associated themselves together into a voluntary association known as the “Business Men’s Association.” The object and purpose of this voluntary association were to enhance the business interests of the city and induce important concerns to locate therein. This voluntary association received a proposition from the Wells-Fargo Shoe…
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