Brandt v. Buckley

The purchaser of shares of corporate stock, the price of which he had paid in advance, brought an action against the seller to require him to specifically' perform the contract by delivering the stock. The only prayers of the original petition were that the defendant be enjoined from selling or disposing of the stock, and that he be required to deliver the same to petitioner in accordance with the contract. On the trial the petition was amended by allegations to the effect that the defendant had rendered specific performance of the contract impossible, by reason of his transfer and assignment…