Jones v. Wattles

Lobingier, 0.

In 1898 plaintiff in error, who was then a resident of Columbus, Ohio, owned certain shares of stock in the Omaha Street Railway Company. In the latter part of the year he was in correspondence with one H. H. Harder, of Omaha, in regard to having the stock sold, and on January 6, 1899, he wrote Harder the following letter:

“Mr. E. H. Harder, Omaha, Nebr.

“Dear Sir : In reply to your valued favor of December 27th and your telegram of yesterday, which is just at hand, I beg to say, -that I do not feel like selling ,our 400 shares of street railway stock for less than forty cents (40…