Talcott v. Standard Oil Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal "by the plaintiff, James Talcott, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendants, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 9th day of March, 1911, upon the decision of the court rendered after a trial at the New York Special Term.
1Opinion of the Court
Clarke, J.:
Plaintiff, claiming to be the owner of twenty-five shares of the capital stock of the Standard Oil Company standing in the name of the defendant William S. Blakslee, brought this suit against the said company and the said Blakslee praying that *696he be adjudged the owner, that the claim of the latter to any interest in the stock be dismissed as unfounded, and that the defendant company be required to transfer the stock to plaintiff on its books.
The position of the company is that of a mere stakeholder. The Special Term has held that the defendant Blakslee is the sole owner of the said…
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