Read v. Valley Land & Cattle Co.
Nebraska Supreme Court
ERROR from the district court for Lincoln county. Action in assumpsit and for damages for non-delivery of chattels after sale, consolidated with several counts of different forms of trespass. Tried below before Norris, J. Judgment for plaintiff. Defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
Oldham, O.
In May, 1897, the defendant in this cause of action and Riley E. I-Iaskell entered into an agreement for the formation and Organization of the Valley Land & Cattle Company.' Haskell was the owner of a ranch in McPherson county, which he agreed to deed over to the corporation at the agreed price of $16,000, and defendant Read agreed to deliver to the corporation $16,000 worth of cattle the following October. Under this agreement the Valley Land & Cattle Company was duly incorporated, and Read and Haskell each took half of the shares of the corporation. When the time came for the…
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