Kirby subscribed to purchase 10,000 shares of stock to be issued by Globule Inc., an existing corporation. Globule accepted the subscription. The price set forth in the subscription agreement was $10 per share. When the time came for Kirby to pay the amount of his subscription, Kirby paid only $6 per share, claiming that such an amount represented the fair value of the shares. Globule delivered the stock certificates to Kirby for $6 per share. Is Kirby liable to Globule for the other $4 per share?

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If the shares are issued for less than the par or stated value, the stated capital of the corporation would exaggerate the actual value of the corporation. As a result, purchasers of shares are liable to the corporation when shares have been issued for less than the par or the stated value.

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