Longmont Supply Ditch Co. v. Coffman
Supreme Court of Colorado
Error to District Court of Boulder County. This was an action by the Longmont Supply Ditch Company against Enoch J. Coffman, to recover the value of stock, and a sum of money alleged to have been fraudulently appropriated by defendant while acting as plaintiff’s secretary and treasurer. There was a verdict and judgment for defendant, and plaintiff brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
De France, C.
The plaintiff in error, a corporation, was plaintiff below, and brought this action in the county court of Boulder county against the defendant, Coffman, where judgment was rendered against the defendant. The case was appealed by him to the district court of said county, where a trial to a jury was had, and a verdict returned, and judgment rendered for defendant. The case is brought here by writ of error.
The defendant was secretary and treasurer of the plaintiff from March, 1881, until April, 1884, and was also one of its director’s. The corporation had but three directors. Prior…
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