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· 10/15/1884

Sedalia, Warsaw & Southern Railway Co. v. Wilkerson

Citations

  • 83 Mo. 235

Syllabus

<p>1. Railroads: stockholders. One can become a stockholder in the-capital stock of a railroad corporation only by signing the articles of incorporation or by subscribing to the capital stock after the incorporation.</p> <p>2. When not a Stockholder. A preliminary subscription to the stock of a proposed railroad, by one who did not sign the articles of incorporation, and who died before the incorporation, cannot be enforced against his estate.</p>

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  • stating that RSA 264:15, I, “requires that a person who is an insured” under a motor vehicle liability insurance policy “also be covered under the policy’s uninsured motorist section”
  • interpretation of insurance contract language a question of law; we construe terms as would reasonable person in insured’s position
  • presuming legislature does not enact statute leading to absurd result
  • avoiding interpretation that would lead to absurd result

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Judges: Ewing, Hough, Martin, Philips

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