Draper v. Stone
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Bill in equity, inserted in a writ of original summons. The facts fully appear in the opinion. The following is the agreement referred to in the opinion : "Know all men that 1, Charles Hardy, of Biddeford, in the county of York and State of Maine, in consideration of one dollar and other good and sufficient considerations to me paid by George Draper of Milford, Massachusetts, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, have agreed and do hereby agree with the said Draper,…
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Bill in equity, inserted in a writ of original summons. The facts fully appear in the opinion. The following is the agreement referred to in the opinion : "Know all men that 1, Charles Hardy, of Biddeford, in the county of York and State of Maine, in consideration of one dollar and other good and sufficient considerations to me paid by George Draper of Milford, Massachusetts, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, have agreed and do hereby agree with the said Draper, his legal representatives and assigns, that I will transfer and deliver to him, the said Draper, his legal representatives…
1Opinion of the CourtLibbey, J.
From the bill, answer and proofs these facts appear: On the twenty-ninth of February, 1876, the plaintiff was the owner of eighteen shares of the capital stock of the Hardy Machine Company, of which Charles Hardy, the defendant’s intestate, was then treasurer, and on that day he transferred said shares to said Hardy, taking from him his agreement, under seal, of that date, by which ‘"in consideration of one dollar and other good and sufficient considerations,” he agreed to "transfer and deliver to him the said Draper, his legal representatives or assigns eighteen shares in the capital stock…
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