Amador ledger., 1909-09-24
The Local Garage
Subject of Law Suits

/. J. Burrows, the promoter OF the re-
Gently organized Jackson City Garage
Company, on Saturday last filed several
complaints against business men of this
city, to recover certain sums agreed to
be paid by defendants for a certain num-
Der of shares of the capital stock of said
garage company, the total sum of $3.50.
The body of the complaints are sub
stantially the same in each case. w. J.
MCGEE is attorney for plaintiff.
We give the following synopsis of
the complaint against Ratio, as a sample
of all. The complaint sets up that with
in two years last past defendant became
and is now Justly indebted to plaintiff in
the sum of $500 on account Of the pur-
chase price of 500 shares of the capital
stock of the Jackson City Garage, a
corporation, which stock plaintiff sold
and offered to deliver to defendant at
defendants special instance and re-
quest; that defendant promised and
agreed to pay plaintiff the said sum of
$500 for said stock on demand that plain
tiff demanded payment of defendant of
said $500, but defendant refused to pay
the same or any part thereof, and said
sum of $500 is wholly unpaid from de.
PENDANT to plaintiff
I'd. That within two years last past
plaintiff sold to defendant 500 shares of
the capital stock of the Jackson City
Garage, a corporation; that defendant
agreed to execute his promsslory note to
plaintiff in the sum of $500 payable on
demand at Jackson, California, without
interest," in payment of said stock that
plaintiff rendered 500 shares of stock to
defendant and demanded the defendant to
execute said note, but defendant refused
to accept said stock or execute said
note; that defendant agreed to accept
said stock whenever plaintiff delivered
it to him and to execute said note on
demand; that plaintiff offered to deliver
said stock to defendant land demanded
the execution of said note, but defendant
refused to execute said note or pay any
thing on account Of said stock.
Wherefore plaintiff prays judgment
against defendant as follows:
lst For the sum of $780, with interest
at the legal rate from this date.
I'd. That defendant be required to exc
cute and deliver said note of $500 to
plaintiff
Plaintiff further prays for costs of suit
and such other and further relief as is
Agreeable to equity.
The alleged agreement that furnishes
the basis of the suits is set forth as fol-
lows:
This agreement made and entered into
this 18th day of August, 1909, by and
between T. j. Burrow, of Jackson, Am
ador county, CAL, the party Of the first
part, and John Strohm, F. w. Ruhscr,
P. Marcucci, Louis Social, and Green &
Ratio, all of Jackson, the parties of the
second part witnesseth
That il consideration Of 81, the receipt
whereof is hereby acknowledged, and in
further Consideration that the said frs,
party shall form a corporation as herein
after specified, to be known as the Jack
son City Garage, and of the promises
hereinafter contained on the part of said
party of the Rrst part, the said parties Of
the second part agree to purchase of the
said party of the first part the number Of
shares Of the capital stock of the said
corporation, and as soon as the same is
formed, as hereinafter set forth, set OPP
posite the name OF each of said second
parties in the list hereinafter following,
and to pay for said capital stock the price
of 81 per share; the number of shares
each of said second parties agree to bny
is as follows:
John Strohm- 1000 shares
F. W, Ruhser $50 "
P. Marcucci 1000 "
Louis Social 500 "
Green & Ratio 1000 d"
The corporation to be known JAS the
jackson City Garage" The purposes
for which it shall be formed are, 10 carry
on the business of conducting a garage,
owning and operating, repairing hiring,
letting buying and selling automobiles,
conducting automobile stage lines for
transporting passengers, baggage, freight,
and to own and buy and sell real estate.
Principal place of business at Jackson.
Term so years. Number of directors
shall be five. Amount of capital stock
shall be $4,000, divided into 1000