Howard v. Merrick

This cause was originally commenced against defendants M. E. Merrick and Jacob N. Smith on June 24,1931. An amended complaint was filed October 14, 1931, making the Superior Service Laundries Company, Inc., a state of Washington corporation, also a party defendant. This latter defendant was not served and did not appear. The action is based on fraud and grows out of a transaction in the exchange of certain stocks and a payment in cash which took place in April, 1927.

It appears that plaintiffs were the owners of seven shares of stock in the Portland Gas and Coke Company, valued at $728. They…