Sibley v. Quinsigamond National Bank
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Bill in equity, filed October 7, 1879, against the Quinsigamond National Bank, a corporation having its place of business in the city of Worcester in this Commonwealth, Daniel A. Hawkins, and Charles A. Hill, the assignee in insolvency of the estate of said Hawkins, to compel the transfer to the plaintiff of seven shares of the capital stock of the defendant bank.
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Bill in equity, filed October 7, 1879, against the Quinsigamond National Bank, a corporation having its place of business in the city of Worcester in this Commonwealth, Daniel A. Hawkins, and Charles A. Hill, the assignee in insolvency of the estate of said Hawkins, to compel the transfer to the plaintiff of seven shares of the capital stock of the defendant bank. The case was heard upon the pleadings and agreed facts, before a single justice of this court, who ordered a decree to be entered for the defendants. The plaintiff appealed to the full court. The facts appear in the opinion. The…
1Opinion of the CourtW. Allen, J.
The plaintiff, as administratrix of Rhoda Wheelock, seeks a transfer to herself of certain stock of a national bank, standing on its books in the name of Daniel A. Hawkins. It appears that the stock was purchased by Mrs. Wheelock in 1865, and the certificate issued to her; that in 1866 she transferred it to Hawkins, and a new certificate was issued to him, and the stock has ever since stood in his name on the books of the bank, and he has voted on it at meetings of the stockholders, and received the dividends from the bank, and acted as shareholder. The stock was transferred by Mrs. Wheelock…
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