Jackson Opera House Co. v. Cox

Harold Cox, Receiver of the Merchants Bank Trust Company, being authorized by the Chancery Court, which was administering the affairs of the Merchants Bank Trust Company in liquidation, filed a petition in the Circuit Court for a writ of mandamus against the Jackson Opera House Company, its president and secretary, alleging that said Company, on the first of April, 1901, issued two shares of stock to W.E. Hayne, evidenced by its certificate number 38, of the par value of $100.00 each; that in due course of business and for value, without notice of any person claiming said certificate, the…