Dodge v. Lansing & Suburban Traction Co.
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Ingham; Wiest, J. Assumpsit by Frank L. Dodge against the Lansing & Suburban Traction Company for services rendered. There was judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the CourtMontgomery, J.
In the year 1897 a corporation known as the Lansing, St. Johns & St. Louis Railway Co. was organized for the purpose of constructing an electric railway from Lansing to St. Louis. The plaintiff was one of the incorporators, and other residents of Lansing and along the line of the proposed road were also concerned. The company’s general office was in the city of Lansing, and the plaintiff was secretary. But a small amount of the capital stock was paid in, and the testimony tends to show that while the plaintiff and the other officers of the company devoted some time' to the enterprise, little…
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