Clark v. Groger
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Kittitas county, Davidson, J., entered May 16, 1917, upon the verdict of a jury rendered in favor of the plaintiff, in an action for conversion.
1Opinion of the CourtChadwick, J.
For fifteen or twenty years prior to January 1, 1916, the Ellensburg Brewing & Malting Company, a corporation, bad engaged in tbe manufacture of beer and conducted a brewery business at Ellensburg. With tbe dawn of that day its occupation was gone. At tbe time tbe earth slipped out from under it, James Clark, the plaintiff, was the owner of stock of the par value of $13,500. Frank Groger owned stock of the par value of $11,500. Clark conceived the idea of operating the plant as a place for the manufacture of soft drinks, etc., and accordingly leased the stock of Frank Groger. Clark, with one…
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