Wilson v. Wilson-Rogers
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 27, Jan. T., 1897, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. No. 3, Phila. Co., March T., 1896, No. 692, on verdict for plaintiff. Assumpsit to recover the value of corporation stock alleged to have been owned by the plaintiff. Before McMichael, J. The facts appear by the charge of the court which was as follows: This is an action brought by Ella M. Wilson against Wilson-Rogers, a corporation.
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Appeal, No. 27, Jan. T., 1897, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. No. 3, Phila. Co., March T., 1896, No. 692, on verdict for plaintiff. Assumpsit to recover the value of corporation stock alleged to have been owned by the plaintiff. Before McMichael, J. The facts appear by the charge of the court which was as follows: This is an action brought by Ella M. Wilson against Wilson-Rogers, a corporation. The plaintiff has sued to recover the sum of $1,622.20, with interest from August 1,1895, and alleges that she sold and delivered to Wilson-Rogers, a corporation, thirty shares of the capital…
1Opinion of the Court
Pee Curiam,
This case hinged on questions of fact which the jury alone could legally determine. Among others, the learned trial judge submitted to them the question whether the plaintiff was the actual owner of the stock for the price of which this suit was brought, with instructions that if they found her husband was the real owner thereof, their verdict should be for the defendant. The verdict in plaintiff’s favor has therefore, by necessary *89implication, established, inter alia, the controlling fact that she, and not her husband, was the bona fide owner of the stock in question. Without…
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