Opinion
(Filed 15 April, 1942.)
Subscription § 2 —
Defendant's subscription to stock in plaintiff corporation was conditioned upon the subscription by others of a stated number of shares. Held: In the absence of evidence that the stated number of shares had been subscribed prior to the institution of the action, or that defendant, at the time he made payments on his subscription, had knowledge of the fact that the specified number of shares had not been subscribed, defendant's motion for judgment as of nonsuit is properly granted.
APPEAL by plaintiff from Carr, J., at January Term, 1942, of WAKE.
Paul F. Smith for plaintiff, appellant.
Briggs West for defendant, appellee.
Civil action to recover upon conditional stock subscription.
Upon plaintiff resting its case motion for judgment as of nonsuit was allowed. Plaintiff appeals to Supreme Court and assigns error.
Upon the trial below evidence for plaintiff tended to show that the number of shares to be subscribed, upon which defendant's subscription was conditioned, had not been subscribed either when the corporation was organized in 1931, or on the date of the institution of this action. And on argument here counsel for plaintiff states that it is not contended that defendant, when in 1931 he made six payments on his subscription, had knowledge of the fact that the total subscription for stock was less than the specified number of shares.
In the light of these facts, the judgment below is
Affirmed.