Pinkerton v. Manchester & Lawrence Railroad
Supreme Court of New Hampshire
Assumpsit, for refusing, on demand, to give the plaintiff) George W. Pinkerton, a certificate of twenty-nine shares of the stock of said road, and to pay bim the dividends on the same stock.
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Assumpsit, for refusing, on demand, to give the plaintiff) George W. Pinkerton, a certificate of twenty-nine shares of the stock of said road, and to pay bim the dividends on the same stock. On the trial, it appeared that on or before July 8, 1854, one Henry M. Holbrook owned ninety-six shares in the stock of the road, and on that day assigned the ninety-six shares, with other assets, to the Granite Bank, Boston, of which he was the president, as collateral security for his debts to the bank, amounting to over one hundred thousand dollars. The certificates of said stock, held by said…
1Opinion of the CourtBellows, J.
This is an action of assumpsit, for refusing, on demand, to give to the plaintiff a certificate of twenty-nine shares of the stock of the Manchester and Lawrence Bailroad, and to pay him the dividends on the same stock.
It appeared that on the eighth day of July, 1854, one Holbrook owned ninety-six shares of that stock, and then transferred them, by indorsement on the back of the certificate, to the Granite Bank, Boston, of which he was president, as collateral security for his debts to that bank, *446amounting to over $100,000. The certificates were at the same time delivered to the bank, where…
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