Mannheimer v. Phinney

Action to compel the defendants to return certain moneys received from the plaintiff in a transaction in which Canadian lands were bought and taken in the name of the defendant Phinney, in which the plaintiff was interested to the extent of one-third, the title to which was later transferred to the Phinney Land & Investment Company, a corporation organized for the purpose of taking the title, and one-third of the stock given to the pláintiff as representing his interest in the land. At the trial, before evidence was introduced, the court dismissed the action. The plaintiff moved for a new…