Bateh v. Brown

JONES, Justice.

This is a joint appeal from the Circuit Court of Jefferson County wherein two judgments based on jury verdicts in two separate suits were rendered in favor of Richard Hail Brown (defendant-appellee) and adverse to Joseph Bateh, Jr., and Fred Bateh (plaintiffs-appellants). While the cumulative relief sought by the two suits was the return of 75,000 shares of capital stock of Southeastern Enameling Company (SECO), which were allegedly being wrongfully withheld by Brown, Joe’s suit specifically sought either the return of 37,500 shares of SECO stock together with the value of the…