Chicago Edison Co. v. Fay
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. John Barton Payne, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Carter
This was a bill in equity filed by appellee, Fay, against the appellant corporation, to compel it to issue to him two hundred shares of its capital stock in lieu of two certificates of such stock, of one hundred shares each, belonging to him, which, upon forged assignments and without his authority, had been" surrendered up to the company and canceled and new certificates in lieu thereof issued to the assignees, who were innocent purchasers or pledgees.
In the latter part of June, 1894, appellee, being about to go to the seashore for the summer, left his office and some of his business affairs…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Telegraph Co. v. DavenportSupreme Court of the United States · 1878
- Pratt v. Boston & Albany RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1879
- Livings v. WilerIllinois Supreme Court · 1863
- Mayor of Baltimore v. KetchumCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1881
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- Fiala v. Connecticut Electric Service Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1932
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- Johnson v. VoudrieAppellate Court of Illinois · 1924
- Mruk v. Chicago Title & Trust Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1946
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