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Bing Crosby Minute Maid Corp. v. Eaton
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As a judgment creditor of a corporation the plaintiff brought this action against a shareholder of the corporation to recover the difference between the par value of stock issued to him and the fair value of the consideration he paid for the stock. At the conclusion of the trial, the court made findings of fact and law and entered judgment for the plaintiff. The defendant formed a corporation to acquire his going frozen foods business. The Commissioner of Corporations issued a permit authorizing the corporation to sell and issue not more than 4,500 shares of $10 par value stock to the defendant. The defendant transferred his business to the corporation. The corporation had financial difficulties and executed an assignment of its assets for the benefit of creditors to a credit association. The plaintiff recovered a judgment against the corporation for $21,246.42. The trial court found that the value to the corporation of the consideration from the defendant was $24,780.93.
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