Wescott v. Mitchell
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On report. Action to recover $7657 and interest for 522 shares of stock of the St. Croix & Penob. R. R. Co., which the plaintiff averred that the defendant agreed to purchase of him, and pay for, at that price.
1Opinion of the CourtSavage, J.
Action for breach of contract to purchase and pay for the rights and interest of the plaintiff in five hundred and twenty-two shares of the capital stock of the St. Croix & Penobscot Railroad Company.
The plaintiff and defendant had the contract for building the Washington County Railroad, and for reasons satisfactory to themselves, they deemed it to be for their interest to secure a controlling interest in the capital stock of the St. Croix & Penobscot Railroad Company. Accordingly, on August 17, 1894, they made a contract with one C. A. Boardman, Trustee, for the purchase of five hundred and…
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