Brown v. Stroud & Co.

Blackledge, District Judge.

In this an appeal from the district court for Buffalo county, the plaintiff seeks to recover from the defendant the amount of a note of $5,000 previously given and paid for the purchase of certain of the capital stock in the defendant company. In the original transaction the plaintiff acted in person and the defendant was represented by one J. W. Rachman. The documents executed at the time consisted of one which was apparently in two parts marked by a line of perforation, the upper part being designated “Subscription for capital stock,” and the lower part, “Receipt…