Birt v. Birt

MOLLOY, Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment awarding to the plaintiff one-quarter of the proceeds of the sale of stock in a closely-held corporation. The action is one brought by a son, Dancey Birt, against his mother, Shirley H. Birt, and pertains to occurrences going back to the year 1949.

In 1949, Halden Birt, hereinafter referred to as the father, and his wife Shirley H. Birt, hereinafter referred to as the mother, incorporated Maraña Plantations, Inc., for the purpose of farming land. At the time of incorporation, the stock was issued in substantially equal shares to the father and…