Stanton v. Hample
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Northern Division of the Eastern District of Washington; Frank tl. Rud-kin, Judge. ■ Action by J. E. Hample against E. H. Stanton. Judgment for ' plaintiff, and defendant brings error.
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In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Northern Division of the Eastern District of Washington; Frank tl. Rud-kin, Judge. ■ Action by J. E. Hample against E. H. Stanton. Judgment for ' plaintiff, and defendant brings error. Action at law to recover $21,926.67, with interest thereon from May 21, 1917, alleged to be due the plaintiff in a transaction involving the sale to Armour & Co., of Chicago, of 1,09614 shares of stock owned by the plaintiff in the E. H. Stanton Company, of Spokane, Wash. The case was tried before a jury, which rendered a verdict in favor of the…
1Opinion of the Court
MORROW, Circuit Judge.
The plaintiff, J. E. Hample, and the defendant, E. H. Stanton, were stockholders in a corporation known as the E. H. Stanton Company, engaged in the general business of buying live stock and other meat products, butchering, packing, preserving, and selling the same at its plant located in Spokane, state of Washington. The capital stock of the corporation was $600,000, divided into 6,000 shares, of the par value of $100 each. The defendant, Stanton, and members of his family, owned 2,420% shares. The plaintiff, Hample, owned 1,096% shares, and J. E. Hamilton, plaintiff in…
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