Sloan v. Brown
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 30, Oct. T., 1910, by plaintiff, from decree of C. P. No. 4, Allegheny Co., Second T., 1909, No. 297, dismissing bill in equity in case of John Sloan in the. hands of the Fidelity Title & Trust Company, of Pittsburg, Committee, v. James E. Brown and Richard R. Brown, individually and partners, doing business as Morris Brown & Company, and San Toy Mining Company and Guarantee Title & Trust Company of Pittsburg.
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Appeal, No. 30, Oct. T., 1910, by plaintiff, from decree of C. P. No. 4, Allegheny Co., Second T., 1909, No. 297, dismissing bill in equity in case of John Sloan in the. hands of the Fidelity Title & Trust Company, of Pittsburg, Committee, v. James E. Brown and Richard R. Brown, individually and partners, doing business as Morris Brown & Company, and San Toy Mining Company and Guarantee Title & Trust Company of Pittsburg. Bill in equity to compel return of certain shares of stock. Before Swearingen, P. J. The facts appear in the opinion of the Supreme Court. Error assigned was decree…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Potter,
In the bill of complaint filed in this case the plaintiff alleged that the defendants had purchased from one Frederick W. Ward at much less than the real value thereof, 261,112 shares of stock of the San Toy Mining Company, which they knew belonged to plaintiff; that said Frederick W. Ward had no authority to make such sale, and defendants knew that he had not; that plaintiff had demanded the return of the stock, having tendered to the defendants the amount which they paid for it, together with interest thereon. Plaintiff therefore prayed for an injunction to…
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