Clowes v. Miller
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action to enforce the specific performance of a contract to sell and deliver shares of stock, brought to the Superior Court in New Haven County where a demurrer to the complaint was overruled (Greorge W. Wheeler, J.) and the cause was afterwards tried to the court, Thayer, J.; facts found and judgment rendered for the plaintiff, and appeal by the defendant for alleged errors in the findings and rulings of the court.
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Action to enforce the specific performance of a contract to sell and deliver shares of stock, brought to the Superior Court in New Haven County where a demurrer to the complaint was overruled (Greorge W. Wheeler, J.) and the cause was afterwards tried to the court, Thayer, J.; facts found and judgment rendered for the plaintiff, and appeal by the defendant for alleged errors in the findings and rulings of the court. The following facts appear of record: From April 1st, 1886, until December 18th, 1898, the plaintiff and Edward F. Randolph carried on in Waterbury, in this State, the business of…
1Opinion of the CourtHall, J.
The sole purpose of this action is to enable the plaintiff, and those who may be associated with him, to purchase a controlling interest in the Randolph-Clowes corporation.
The only reason shown by the pleadings, or by the facts found, for compelling the defendant to transfer to the plaintiff the shares in question, is the one alleged in the complaint, that the transfer to him of the 910 shares will, with the 3,100 shares which he claims now to own, give him a majority of the 8,000 shares of stock of the company which have been issued, and “ a controlling voice in the management and affairs…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Meeker v. MeekerSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1844
- Schields v. HorbachNebraska Supreme Court · 1890
3Cited by4 opinions
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- Armstrong v. StifflerCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1948
- Rimes v. RimesSupreme Court of Georgia · 1922
- Plimpton v. Mattakeunk Cabin Colony, Inc.District Court, D. Connecticut · 1934