Fear v. Bartlett
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Court of Common Pleas. At the trial the plaintiff offered the following prayers : Plaintiff's ist Prayer. — The plaintiff prays the Court to declare that upon the testimony of the defendant himself,, there was no such repudiation of the contract of the defendant as a stockholder of the Valley Land and Improvement Company as to discharge him from liabilities as such stockholder in this suit.
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Appeal from the Court of Common Pleas. At the trial the plaintiff offered the following prayers : Plaintiff's ist Prayer. — The plaintiff prays the Court to declare that upon the testimony of the defendant himself,, there was no such repudiation of the contract of the defendant as a stockholder of the Valley Land and Improvement Company as to discharge him from liabilities as such stockholder in this suit. (Granted.) Plaintiff's 2nd Prayer. — The plaintiff prays the Court to declare that the defendant having admitted that he signed the subscription contract offered in evidence, for fifty…
1Opinion of the CourtRobinson, C. J.
The plaintiff is the ^Trustee of the Valley Land and Improvement Company, ‘chartered by the State of Virginia, and this is a suit to enforce the payment of the defendant’s subscription to the capital stock of the company. The de*442fence is that the defendant was induced to become a subscriber on the faith of certain representations set forth in. a prospectus issued by the company ; that these representations were false and fraudulent, and that the defendant, as soon as he became or could by reasonable diligence become aware of the fraud, and before the insolvency of the company, repudiated his…
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