Guilford v. Mason

This is assumpsit on the following agreement to convey stock:

‘ This agreement, made this thirty-first day of March, A. D. 1900, witnesseth :

“ That James Mason, of Providence, Ehode Island, agrees to and with Arthur W. Guilford, of said Providence, that he will at any time between the date hereof and April 10, 1900, upon payment to him of the sum of eight thousand (8,000) dollars, transfer and deliver by proper papers of transfer four thousand (4,000) shares of the capital stock of the Inter-State Petroleum Company; the consideration for this option is one hundred (100) dollars, the receipt of…