Turley v. Thomas
Nevada Supreme Court
Appeal from the District Court of the Second Judicial District of the State of Nevada, Washoe County; John S. Orr, Judge. Action by W. E. Turley against W. B. Thomas and G. J. Bower. Prom a decree for plaintiff, defendants appeal.
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Appeal from the District Court of the Second Judicial District of the State of Nevada, Washoe County; John S. Orr, Judge. Action by W. E. Turley against W. B. Thomas and G. J. Bower. Prom a decree for plaintiff, defendants appeal. Statement of Facts Under date of August 21, 1906, the appellants, Bower and Thomas, who were doing business as copartners under the firm name of Nevada Real Estate Mining and Development Company, entered into a contract with the Selby Consolidated Mining and Milling Company, wherein it tvas recited that this company was desirous of arranging for the procurement of…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court,
Talbot, J.
(after stating the facts as above):
The appeal is from a decree directing the specific performance of an agreement to transfer 41,625 shares of the stock of the Selby Consolidated Mining and Milling Company and from an order denying a motion for a new trial. The main questions presented are whether the agreement relied upon is too indefinite to be binding, whether the evidence supports the above findings, and whether these warrant the conclusions of law and the judgment; and, in the latter connection, whether an action will li'e to compel the delivery of stock instead of…
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