Everitt v. Farmers & Merchants Bank

Epperson, C.

The plaintiff, claiming to be the owner of certain shares of the capital stock of the Farmers & Merchants Bank of Elm Creek, instituted this action in equity to confirm his title thereto, and to procure possession of the certificates representing the same, to enjoin a threatened sale of said stock upon an execution issued against his grantor, and to compel the bank to enter the transfer of said stock upon its books and issue to him a new certificate therefor. The sheriff, who held the execution, and the judgment creditor, Beecroft, and the bank,were made defendants. The sheriff…