Leff v. N. Kaufman's, Inc.

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Drew,

Plaintiff obtained an alternative writ of mandamus against the defendant corporation and its officers to show cause why the transfer to plaintiff of six shares of its common stock should not be registered upon its books. A return was filed alleging that Joseph W. Ray, Jr., the registered owner, of the stock' had never delivered or transferred the shares certificate to plaintiff; that plaintiff’s possession of the certificate is fraudulent and without authority, and that the stock was held by Ray in trust for plaintiff, president of the corporation, and Nathan…