Makris v. Melis

The controlling question on this appeal is the construction of the written contract between the parties. Plaintiff alleges the existence of the contract, the payment of the moneys stipulated therein by him to be paid to the defendants, and-the failure and refusal on the part of the defendants to deliver to him the shares of stock mentioned in the contract, and damages by reason of such failure. The defendants Nicolaos Melis and Konstantinos Melis, the only two defendants answering, among other things alleged that plaintiff *546purchased, not from tbe defendants but from the Italian-Greek…