Piper v. Willcuts

SANBORN, District Judge.

This cause came on to be tried on the 13th day of November, 1931, upon a stipulation of facts. A jury was waived. At the close of the testimony, each party moved for judgment on the sole ground that the evidence would support no other conclusion, and it was agreed that the party whose motion was denied should have an exception.

From the stipulation of facts it appears that Mr. Piper, the plaintiff, purchased 300 shares of the capital stock of the Minneapolis Artificial Ice Rink, Inc., in the year 1924, for *398which he paid $30,000. He held this stock until 1927, when he…