Vogel v. Melish

This is an appeal from a declaratory judgment finding that a stock share agreement terminated on the death of one of the two parties.

Plaintiff in his action sought a determination of the status of an agreement between himself and Frank Koster concerning their rights and privileges of selling, transferring, conveying or otherwise disposing of their shares of stock in the Vogel Tool and Dye Corporation. Each owned 455 of a total of 1150 outstanding shares. The agreement made in 1954 provided in part (1) that each party thereto should have personal custody of each other’s stock and each would…