Hewitt v. Steele
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Filíe Circuit Court. — Hon. E. M. Hughes, Judge. (1) The verdict is not against the law or the evidence. It is abundantly supported by the evidence. Plaintiff and the witness McAlister both testified that in March, 1887, when the shares were sold they were worth seventy cents on the' dollar. (2) The court did not admit incompetent or improper testimony offered by plaintiff.
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Appeal from Filíe Circuit Court. — Hon. E. M. Hughes, Judge. (1) The verdict is not against the law or the evidence. It is abundantly supported by the evidence. Plaintiff and the witness McAlister both testified that in March, 1887, when the shares were sold they were worth seventy cents on the' dollar. (2) The court did not admit incompetent or improper testimony offered by plaintiff. The only testimony complained of by defendant is that plaintiff was permitted to give in evidence the value of the property as a circumstance to arrive at the value of the shares. Shares in a corporation…
1Opinion of the CourtBukgess, J.
— In 1881 a corporation was organized in the city of St. Louis by the name of the Mound Street Warehouse Company with a capital stock of $50,000 divided into five hundred shares of $100 each, and $45,000 of it was paid up. One hundred and seventy-five shares were issued to Mr. Ilewitt, the husband of this plaintiff, and twenty-five shares were issued to the defendant; the other shares were owned by other parties in St. Louis and in the state of Indiana. All of the capital stock was spent in purchasing real estate in St. Louis in the neighborhood of where was afterward built the Merchants’…
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