Hahn v. Wilde

The defendants appeal from a money judgment in the sum of $7,000, plus interest and costs.

Plaintiffs and defendants entered into a written agreement for the exchange of properties. Among the items of property to be transferred to the plaintiffs were seventy shares of the U. S. Grant Hotel Company, of the par value of $100 each. Certificates for these shares were delivered to the plaintiffs, but they allege that at the time of the purported transfer the defendants were without right, title or interest in or to said shares by reason of the prior sale of the stock to a third person for…