Legal Opinion
Ortmann v. Fletcher
Michigan Supreme Court
Decided July 12, 1898PublishedCited by 3 opinions
Error to Wayne; Frazer, J. Assumpsit by Charles L. Ortmann against George N. Fletcher for the price of corporate stock bargained and sold. From a judgment for defendant, plaintiff brings error.
1Opinion of the CourtHooker, J.
The parties to this action were interested in a corporation known as the International Sulphite Fibre & Paper Company, and the action was brought by the plaintiff to recover the purchase-price of 800 shares of the stock of that company, which he testified that he tendered *502to the defendant, according to the terms of the following writing, viz. (written on letterhead of International Sulphite Fibre & Paper Company):
“Detroit, Mich., June 14, 1890.
“Charles L. Ortmann.
“Dear 8ir: We, the undersigned, hereby agree to purchase from you eight hundred (800) shares of Internat. Sulphite Fibre & Paper…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Stokes v. . MacKayNew York Court of Appeals · 1895
3Cited by3 opinions
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- Kimble v. GillardMichigan Supreme Court · 1913
- Paine v. ParkhurstCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1913