Stewart v. Huntington
New York Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment entered upon the verdict for the plaintiff in the sum of $102,923.82 at the circuit, and from an order denying a motion for a new trial. None of the defendants except Huntington were served with process, nor did any but him appear in the action.
1Opinion of the CourtMagomber, J.
The plaintiff on the 21st day of April, 1870, owned 200 shares of the capital stock of the Central Pacific Railroad Company of California, and on that day the defendants jointly purchased these shares of him.
The agreement, as set forth in the complaint, is as follows: The defendants were to pay for the stock its par value and interest from September 1, 1864, and if they or either of them should pay to anybody else any higher price for any shares of the stock of the company than the price so paid to the plaintiff, in such event the defendants' were to pay to the plaintiff on demand, in…
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2Cases cited6 opinions
- Kinney v. . KiernanNew York Court of Appeals · 1872
- Boerum v. . SchenckNew York Court of Appeals · 1869
- Stevens v. HydeNew York Supreme Court · 1860
- Andrews v. . the Aetna Life Ins. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1883
- Second National Bank v. . BurtNew York Court of Appeals · 1883
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