Haarstick v. Fox
Utah Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of tlie district court of the third district and from an order refusing a new trial, Hon. Charles S. Zane, judge. The whole correspondence shown in evidence between deceased and plaintiff was as follows: Dec. 31, 1889, Mrs. McKibben to Haarstick: “As I think I may wish to dispose of the Miss. Valley Trans. Co. stock, will you be so kind as to inform me if there is a market for such stock and what the market value.”
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Appeal from a judgment of tlie district court of the third district and from an order refusing a new trial, Hon. Charles S. Zane, judge. The whole correspondence shown in evidence between deceased and plaintiff was as follows: Dec. 31, 1889, Mrs. McKibben to Haarstick: “As I think I may wish to dispose of the Miss. Valley Trans. Co. stock, will you be so kind as to inform me if there is a market for such stock and what the market value.” Jan. 2, 1890, Haarstick to Mrs. McKibben: “In reply I would state that it might take thirty or sixty days to place so large a block of the stock, but I think…
1Opinion of the Court
MINER, J.:
The record in this case presents the following facts: Joab Lawrence died testate, December 28, 1888, being at the time of his death the owner of 1,414 shares of the capital stock of the St. Louis & Mississippi Valley Transportation Company, a Missouri corporation. His widow and , devisee thereafter remarried, and became Sarah McKibben. The plaintiff was president of the transportation company, an acquaintance of Joab Lawrence and Mrs. McKibben, and who assisted her in other matters of business in St. Louis, when requested, and who offered his services to her in any matter of…
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