Barron v. South Brooklyn Saw Mill Co.
New York City Court
Appeal by the defendant from a judgment for the plaintiff, entered after a trial at the special term. James S. Barron brought this action against the South Brooklyn Saw Mill Company to compel the defendant to issue to the plaintiff a certifícate for twenty shares of its capital stock, in lieu of one standing in the name of Luther Dock, who died at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on February 6, 1884. The deceased .left a last will and • testament which was" admitted to probate,…
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Appeal by the defendant from a judgment for the plaintiff, entered after a trial at the special term. James S. Barron brought this action against the South Brooklyn Saw Mill Company to compel the defendant to issue to the plaintiff a certifícate for twenty shares of its capital stock, in lieu of one standing in the name of Luther Dock, who died at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on February 6, 1884. The deceased .left a last will and • testament which was" admitted to probate, at Philadelphia, on February 14,1884, and letters testamentary were thereupon duly issued to the widow, Susan Y. Dock,…
1Opinion of the CourtVan Wyck, J.
The facts are so fully set forth in detail in the opinion of the learned trial judge, that we will content ourselves with only a short statement thereof.
The plaintiff brings this action to compel the defendant, a domestic corporation, to recognize his ownership of, and to transfer to him in the usual manner on its books, twenty shares of its capital stock, standing thereon in the name of Luther Dock, which plaintiff purchased from the executrix ■ of Dock. Defendant, on proper demand, refused to make such transfer, on the sole ground that this stock had been attached, viz. : that the sheriff…
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