Southwest Gas Co. v. Doney

GRAVES, Justice.

The sole question involved in this record of 1,959 pages (1,312 of it statement of facts, 440 briefs of the parties, and 207 in the transcript) is: Which of the parties, appellant corporation, or the individual appellee, Doney, is entitled to a 1,000-share certificate — with a par value of $100 per share— of appellant’s preferred stock issued in the name of C. O. Moore on May 25 of 1927, *1109and held as stakeholder by appellee Bankers Mortgage Company, a corporation, under a tripartite escrow agreement of September 12 of 1927, between C. O. Moore, first party, appellee Doney,…