American Alkali Co. v. Kurtz
Decision Date | 24 May 1905 |
Docket Number | 13. |
Citation | 138 F. 392 |
Parties | AMERICAN ALKALI CO., to Use of BROWN, v. KURTZ. |
Court | U.S. Court of Appeals — Third Circuit |
Malcolm Lloyd, Jr., for plaintiff in error.
R. M Schick, for defendant in error.
Before ACHESON, DALLAS, and GRAY, Circuit Judges.
This was an action at law brought by the American Alkali Company a corporation of the state of New Jersey, to the use of its receiver, Arthur K. Brown, against W. Wesley Kurtz & Co trading as banker and broker under the name of W. W. Kurtz & Co. to recover an assessment made on September 16, 1901, by the board of directors of the company upon 3,700 shares of the preferred stock of the company, of which on that date H. C. Magee was the holder of record on the books of the company. The case stated, submitted to the court for decision, contains the following recital of facts in respect to the 3,700 shares of stock:
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