Pratt v. Prouty
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Polk District Court. — Hon. C. P. Holmes, Judge. Action for damages for failure to sell and deliver certain shares of stock. Trial to jury. Verdict and judgment for defendant. Plaintiff .appeals.—
1Opinion of the CourtWaterman, J.
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*4233 *420As to many of the facts presented by appellant, there is no dispute. We may state the case in this way: In November, 1888, plaintiff and defendant, together with Isaac W. Aikin and P. H. Skinner, incorporated as the Prouty & Pratt Company, for the purpose of carrying on a whole ©ale grocery business in Des Moines, Iowa. The capital stock of the corporation was one hundred and sixty-two thousand dollars, clivided into three hundred and twenty-four shares, of five hundred dollars each, which were held by the different parties in the following amounts: Defendant, one hundred and sixty-four…
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