Monroe v. Graves

The plaintiff was the owner of thirty-four shares of stock, of fifty dollars each, in the Julian Gas-light company of the city of Dubuque. The defendant, Graves, became the owner of a note for about one hundred dollars, made by the plaintiff to one Travenner. Upon this note he brought suit before a justice of the peace, and obtained judgment thereon. Execution was issued and levied upon plaintiff’s thirty-four shares of stock, and they were sold to defendant Graves. After Graves thus became the owner of the stock, he procured a transfer thereof to himself upon the books of the corporation.

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