Baltimore City Passenger Railway Co. v. Sewell
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Supreme Bench of Baltimore City. This action tvas instituted in the Superior Court of Baltimore city by the appellees against the appellant, to recover damages for its refusal to issue to them certificates of its stock in lieu of three certificates for certain shares of an unincorporated association out of which the appellant was formed, and which certificates had been assigned to the appellees by a member of the association prior to its becoming a body…
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Appeal from the Supreme Bench of Baltimore City. This action tvas instituted in the Superior Court of Baltimore city by the appellees against the appellant, to recover damages for its refusal to issue to them certificates of its stock in lieu of three certificates for certain shares of an unincorporated association out of which the appellant was formed, and which certificates had been assigned to the appellees by a member of the association prior to its becoming a body corporate. The declaration contained three counts, one upon each of the certificates, and all in the same form. The first…
1Opinion of the CourtRobinson, J.
This is an action to recover damages for the refusal on the part of the appellant, to issue and deliver to the appellees certain certificates of its capital stock, to which they claim to he entitled, as set forth in the declaration.
The plaintiffs obtained a verdict below, and the defendant filed motions for a new trial and in arrest of judgment, both of which were overruled by the Supremo Bench of Baltimore city, and this appeal is taken from the order overruling said motions.
I. — The motion for a New Trial.
In Sauer vs. Schulenberg, 33 Md., 288, and Merrick vs. Balt. & Ohio R. R. Co., 33 Md.,…
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