Strange v. H. & T. C. R. R. Co.
Texas Supreme Court
Error from Harris. Tried below before the Hon. Jame Masterson. The facts necessary to a proper understanding of the opinion will be found contained in it.
1Opinion of the Court
Bonner, Associate Justice.
This case is one of first impression in this court, and we have endeavored to give it that full consideration in the light of authority, consistent with the pressure of other business, which its importance demands.
It involves the question of the liability of a railroad company for damages for having issued new shares of stock to one claiming under the first shareholder, when the original certificate is still outstanding in the hands of an innocent third party, but who had- not presented the .same, with his transfer, to the office of the company, previous to the…
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