Pitt v. Keenan

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Johnston, C. J.:

On February 25,1926, Robert Pitt sued H. H. Keenan and T. M. Thomas, doing business as the Thomas. Investment Company, and H. F. G. Wulf to recover damages for the alleged fraudulent obtaining of the possession of 41% shares of Monarch Cement Company stock, owned by Pitt, of the value of $4,180, and giving him in exchange therefor stock of the Vitek Oil Company, alleged to be of little, if any, value. Plaintiff pleaded that Keenan and one Whittam applied to him on April 10, 1923, for permission to sell his cement stock. He first…