Donaldson Bond & Stock Co. v. Houck
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Row. Bobt. W. Foster, Judge. (1) (a) The evidence shows without contradiction that defendant promised to pay plaintiff $25,000 in bonds and $50,000' in stock of a railroad company to be organized by him to build a line of railroad between Cape Girardeau and Perryville in Missouri, if plaintiff would place the bonds of the company at eighty cents on the dollar, so as to enable defendant to build the road, and that plaintiff accepted…
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Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Row. Bobt. W. Foster, Judge. (1) (a) The evidence shows without contradiction that defendant promised to pay plaintiff $25,000 in bonds and $50,000' in stock of a railroad company to be organized by him to build a line of railroad between Cape Girardeau and Perryville in Missouri, if plaintiff would place the bonds of the company at eighty cents on the dollar, so as to enable defendant to build the road, and that plaintiff accepted the offer by placing the bonds. This constituted an executed contract between plaintiff and defendant. It is this…
1Opinion of the CourtLamm, J.
Plaintiff is a domestic corporation doing business in St. Louis as a buyer and seller of bonds, stock and other securities, to-wit, a broker. Defendant is a railroad builder and promoter living in Cape Girardeau. This is an action to recover the aggregate sum of $175,000; for services alleged to have been rendered defendant personally in plaintiff’s capacity as broker.
The petition is in two counts, as follows:
“The plaintiff states that it is a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Missouri concerning business corporations, and authorized by its charter to negotiate…
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