Conway v. John
Supreme Court of Colorado
Appeal from District Court of El Paso County. On July 26, 1881, one of the appellees, viz., the Trinidad Gas Company, a defendant below, issued to David H. Irland its certificate of stock No. 25 for fifteen shares of the capital stock of said company, the shares being of the face value of $100 each, and registered upon the company’s books in Irland’s name.
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Appeal from District Court of El Paso County. On July 26, 1881, one of the appellees, viz., the Trinidad Gas Company, a defendant below, issued to David H. Irland its certificate of stock No. 25 for fifteen shares of the capital stock of said company, the shares being of the face value of $100 each, and registered upon the company’s books in Irland’s name. On April 19, 1882, said shares of stock were still standing upon the books of the defendant company in the name of Irland, and on that day the Eifenburg Coal Mining Company, a copartnership composed of the defendants James M. John and…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Hayt
The attack upon the judgment of the district court sustaining the title of appellee John to the stock in controversy is based upon four grounds:(1) That the stock was not, at the time of the attachment proceedings, subject to attachment as the property of Irland, because of the previous assignment to appellant.(2) That the stock could not be attached upon a writ issued by a justice of the peace.(3) Irregularities in the proceedings in court, and attending the sale, sufficient, as it is claimed, to avoid the judgment and vitiate the sale.(4) Inadequacy of the price paid.
It is admitted by the…
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