Spellissy v. Cook & Bernheimer Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, Denis A. Spellissy, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendant, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 15th day of August, 1900, upon the decision of the court rendered after a trial at the New York Special Term.
1Opinion of the Court
Rumsey, J.:
This action was brought to compel the defendant to issue two certificates of stock to the plaintiff as attorney for Anne Callan. The facts were that on the 25th of May, 1897, the defendant issued to Denis A. Spellissy, “ attorney of Ellen Hayden,” a certificate for twelve shares of its common stock, and another for twelve shares of its preferred stock. At that time Ellen Hayden was dead. Subsequently and on the 10th of September, 1899, the plaintiff *284made a formal transfer of each of these certificates of stock to “ Denis A. Spellissy as attorney of Anne Callan ; ” and he signed…
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