Nat. Bank Etc. v. Western Pac. Ry. Co.
California Supreme Court
The facts are stated in the opinon of the court. Charles S. Wheeler, Warren Olney, Jr., and F. W. M. McCutcheon, for Appellant.
1Opinion of the CourtShaw, J.
A general demurrer to the complaint was overruled. The defendant refused to answer and judgment was given for plaintiff upon the facts stated in the complaint. The defendant appeals.
On June 15, 1908, the plaintiff became the owner of one thousand shares of the capital stock of the defendant corporation, previously belonging to J. Dalzell Brown. The certificate for these shares was duly indorsed by Brown and delivered "to the plaintiff. The consideration paid for the stock by the plaintiff was twenty-five thousand dollars. Brown was indebted to the defendant in a sum exceeding fifty thousand…
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