Cozart v. . Herndon
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Civil aotioN, tried before Bryan, J., at Fall Term, 1893, of Ghanville Superior Court. From a j udgment for the defendants the plaintiffs appealed. The nature of the action and the pertinent facts appear in the report of the case on a former appeal (113 N. C., 294) and in the opinion of Chief Justice Shepherd.
1Opinion of the Court
Shepherd, C. J.:
The general purpose of this action is stated in the opinion in this case when it was before us on a former occasion (113 N. C., 294), but in the present appeal the only question involved is whether the defendant H. C. Herndon was a stockholder in the co-defendant company. His Honor instructed the jury that there was no sufficient evidence to establish such a relationship, and it is the correctness of this ruling which is alone presented for review.
No stock \yas issued to the said Herndon, nor does it appear that his name ever appeared upon the books of the company, nor that he…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Cozart v. West Oxford Land Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1893
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