Donoghue v. Lee
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from District Court, Harris County; Chas. E. Ashe, Judge. Suit by W. E. Lee against T. J. Donoghue and the Texas Company. Judgment for the defendant Texas Company, and for the plaintiff against defendant Donoghue, and defendant Donoghue appeals, and plaintiff cross-appeals from judgment for defendant Texas Company.
1Opinion of the CourtGraves, J.
On August 6, 1918, Lee sued the Texas Company, a corporation, and Don-oghue, an individual, declaring himself to be the owner and entitled to the possession of 13sharés of the corporation’s capital stock of the par value of $100 per share, which he claimed he had bought and paid face value for pursuant to the terms of a contract for such purchase between himself and the company. He averred that of this stock he first subscribed for nine shares in May, 1915, paying therefor in accordance with the terms of the offer, and that of the balance he subscribed for lVs shares on February 29, 1916, and…
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