Owl Canon Gypsum Co. v. Ferguson

In whatever aspect this case is viewed, it seems to have been settled by the verdict of the jury. It appeal’s that in July, 1889, The Gypsum Company was a corporation holding title to some gypsum quarries. Clemons and Graves, Bennett and Bailey owned all the stock. The stock consisted of ten thousand shares of the par value of $10, and of this, seven thousand had been issued to these parties who held it, and three thousand remained in the treasury of the company. In July, 1889, Ferguson was about to make a trip to Chicago and had negotiations with some of the parties with reference to the…