Selover v. Isle Harbor Land Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Hennepin county to enforce specific-performance by defendant Isle Harbor Land Company of a contract alleged to have been made between plaintiff and one R. A. Griffing, for the issue to plaintiff of thirty per cent, of the common stock of defend; ant upon its incorporation.
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Action in the district court for Hennepin county to enforce specific-performance by defendant Isle Harbor Land Company of a contract alleged to have been made between plaintiff and one R. A. Griffing, for the issue to plaintiff of thirty per cent, of the common stock of defend; ant upon its incorporation. The case was tried before Elliott, J., who found in favor of plaintiff and directed that judgment be' entered requiring defendant to issue thirty per cent., or thirty-six hundred shares, of its common stock to plaintiff upon his written demand therefor. From an order denying a motion for a…
1Opinion of the CourtLewis, J.
Respondent, claiming to be entitled to thirty per cent, of the common stock of appellant corporation, according to the terms of a contract entered into between himself and the promoters, stockholders, and officers of the corporation, brings this action to compel the specific performance of the contract, and requiring the stock to be issued.
In substance, the complaint alleges, and the court has found, that respondent held an option contract, of date August 29, 1900, with the Northwestern Improvement Company, for the purchase of about sixty thousand acres of land, the purchase price of which…
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