Moline Plow Co. of Kansas City v. Carson
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Nebraska. On June 2, 1892, the appellee, Amaziah L. Carson, made a contract with the appellant the Moline Plow Company of Kansas City, Mo., a corporation, by which he resigned his position as a director, manager, secretary, and treasurer of that corporation, and agreed to sell and transfer to it within 10 days 50 shares of the capital stock of the appellant the Moline Plow Company of Moline, Ill., another…
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Nebraska. On June 2, 1892, the appellee, Amaziah L. Carson, made a contract with the appellant the Moline Plow Company of Kansas City, Mo., a corporation, by which he resigned his position as a director, manager, secretary, and treasurer of that corporation, and agreed to sell and transfer to it within 10 days 50 shares of the capital stock of the appellant the Moline Plow Company of Moline, Ill., another corporation; and the Moline Plow Company of Kansas City, Mo., agreed to sell and transfer to him $17,500 in…
1Opinion of the CourtSanborn, Circuit Judge
The special master, upon whose report the decree in this suit is based, was appointed by consent of the parties, not to hear and report the evidence, but to report the facts and the law in this case. The parties to this suit selected him, and made him a special tribunal to hear and decide this suit. His repo,rt has been confirmed by the court below, and it carries with it similar presumptions to those which accompany the special verdict of a jury or the special findings of a court in an action at law or its decree in a suit in equity. The settled rule of the national courts is this: The…
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