Walls v. Erupcion Min. Co.

The plaintiff as administrator of the estate of Andrew Bain, deceased, brought suit in the district court in Hidalgo county for the recovery of damages for the alleged unlawful transfer of 3,000 shares of stock in the Erupción Mining Company against the said company, in the sum of $9,000, and in addition thereto for the sum of $4,000 or more, which had been paid upon the said stock as dividends subsequent to said alleged unlawful transfer of said stock down to the time of bringing suit. The defendant company answered admitting the transfer of the said stock upon the books of the company, but…