Kaufman v. Mills
Supreme Court of Virginia
Argued at Staunton. Decided at Richmond. Error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of Albemarle county, rendered May 19, 1896, in an action of detinue, wherein the plaintiff in error was the plaintiff, and the defendant in error was the defendant. This was an action of detinue in the Circuit Court of Albemarle county, brought by M. Kaufman against the Charlottesville Woolen Mills, to recover eleven shares of stock of the defendant company, of the value of fifty dollars each.
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Argued at Staunton. Decided at Richmond. Error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of Albemarle county, rendered May 19, 1896, in an action of detinue, wherein the plaintiff in error was the plaintiff, and the defendant in error was the defendant. This was an action of detinue in the Circuit Court of Albemarle county, brought by M. Kaufman against the Charlottesville Woolen Mills, to recover eleven shares of stock of the defendant company, of the value of fifty dollars each. The defendant filed an affidavit disclaiming all interest in the subject-matter of the suit, and averring that one,…
1Opinion of the Court
Harrison, J.,
«delivered the opinion of the court.
This controversy grows out of an exchange of stock, reserving dividends.
On the 3d of January, 1896, William Hotopp sold to M. Kaufman thirty shares of the capital stock of the Monticello Wine Company, par value $100 per share, for forty shares of the capital stock of the Charlottesville Woolen Mills Company, par value $50 per share, it being understood and agreed between the parties that Hotopp was to receive whatever dividend was declared on the stock of the Monticello Wine Company for January, 1896, and Kaufman was to receive whatever…
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