Jones v. Atchison, Topeka, & Santa Fé Railroad
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Tort for the conversion of one share of stock of the defendant, a Kansas corporation. The case was submitted to the Superior Court, and, after judgment for the plaintiff, to this court, on appeal, on agreed facts, in substance as follows. The plaintiff purchased the share in question of Jeremiah P. Jones, the executor of the will of Allen H. Goss.
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Tort for the conversion of one share of stock of the defendant, a Kansas corporation. The case was submitted to the Superior Court, and, after judgment for the plaintiff, to this court, on appeal, on agreed facts, in substance as follows. The plaintiff purchased the share in question of Jeremiah P. Jones, the executor of the will of Allen H. Goss. The will, which was duly admitted to probate on September 18, 1882, after a provision for the payment of debts and for the support of the testator’s wife during her life out of the estate, and various pecuniary legacies to each of his daughters and…
1Opinion of the CourtField, J.
The will of Allen H. Goss was proved on September 18, 1882, and Jeremiah P. Jones was appointed executor. He, as executor, purchased with the assets of the estate a share of the capital stock of the defendant corporation, and it was transferred to him as executor, and he held it as such under the *306provisions of the will. For the purpose of making a change in investments, and for the benefit of the trust described in the will, he sold the share to the plaintiff, and executed an assignment of it to the plaintiff upon the back of the, certificate, in accordance with the by-laws of the…
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