Brown, Lancaster & Co. v. Howard Fire Insurance
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Baltimore City. The facts of the case are stated in the opinion of the Court. The decree of the Court below, (Pinknet, J.,) now appealed from, required the Howard Fire Insurance Company to issue and deliver to the complainant, Robert Fowler, as assignee of Denson and Quincy, new certificates in the name of Isaac M. Denson, in lieu of those which had been cancelled, and to pay to the complainant, such dividends as would he due on the original…
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Baltimore City. The facts of the case are stated in the opinion of the Court. The decree of the Court below, (Pinknet, J.,) now appealed from, required the Howard Fire Insurance Company to issue and deliver to the complainant, Robert Fowler, as assignee of Denson and Quincy, new certificates in the name of Isaac M. Denson, in lieu of those which had been cancelled, and to pay to the complainant, such dividends as would he due on the original certificates, if they had not been cancelled; and also required Brown, Lancaster & Co., to deliver up to the said…
1Opinion of the CourtStewart, J.
Brown, Lancaster & Co. loaned to one McGruder, as agent of the firm of Denson & Quincy, one thousand dollars, to he returned in thirty days, and took McGruder’s note therefor, and as collateral security for its payment, two hundred shares of the capital stock of the Howard Eire Insurance Company, belonging to Denson, whose name endorsed on the certificate thereof, was supposed by them to be genuine.
Soon thereafter, they sent the certificate to the Insurance Co., and requested the stock to he transferred to them, and accordingly the certificates were cancelled, and others in lieu thereof were…
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