Securities & Exchange Commission v. W. J. Howey Co.

DE VANE, District Judge.

There is no controversy with respect to the facts in this case. The parties, by written stipulation filed May 20, 1944, have agreed upon the principal facts. In addition, the parties offered oral and documentary evidence at a hearing subsequently held at the direction of the Court for the purpose of supplying certain additional information desired by the Court.

The record shows that the W. J. Howey Company, hereafter referred to as the Howey Company, is a corporation, organized under the laws of the State of Florida in 1922, with its principal place of business at…