Whitfield v. Nonpariel Consolidated Copper Co.
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Snohomish county, Bell, J., entered September 29, 1911, upon an agreed statement of facts, dismissing an action to obtain title to corporate stock.
1Opinion of the CourtChadwick, J.
This action was brought, praying for a decree asserting that plaintiff is the owner of certain shares in the defendant company. Upon the trial, it developed that the stock claimed by him was overissued, and he asks damages to the extent of its value. From the agreed statement of facts, it appears that, on August 17, 1907, one Nicholas Rudebeck was president of the defendant company, and for the purpose of continuing himself in such office, wrongfully, and contrary to certain outstanding contracts and resolutions of the company, issued certificates for a large number of shares of the treasury…
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