Boss v. Silent Drama Syndicate

At the time when the cause of action herein accrued the defendant Silent Drama Syndicate was an unincorporated association operating by virtue of a trust agreement under which defendants Graydon and Brown were its trustees. The business or property of the syndicate was divided into shares of the par value of $100 each, of which one Keady was the owner of 220 shares evidenced by a certificate of stock to that effect. For the sum of $500 in cash paid to him by Otto J. Boss (the plaintiff herein), Keady sold to Boss five shares of such syndicate; and thereupon Keady surrendered his certificate…