McLennan v. Plummer
North Dakota Supreme Court
Appeal 'from tbe District Court, Cavalier County; W. J. Kneeshaw, J. From a judgment in defendant’s favor, plaintiff appeals.
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Appeal 'from tbe District Court, Cavalier County; W. J. Kneeshaw, J. From a judgment in defendant’s favor, plaintiff appeals. “Although the by-laws of a corporation require the entry of transfers on the stock register, yet if none is kept and a transfer by the subscriber to the capital stock is entered according to the custom of the company on the subscription list, the same is sufficient.” 10 Cyc. 593. And this is true even where the statute requires the entry of such transfer of stock to be valid as to third persons, and a simple notation in the stock book showing that certain stock has…
1Opinion of the CourtBisk, C. J.
Plaintiff by 'this action seeks to rescind a contract whereby a former mutual rescission of a prior agreement was had, and he prays for the cancelation of certain notes given by him to the defendant pursuant to the terms of the last contract. Plaintiff relies for relief upon the grounds both of fraud and failure of consideration. Trial was had in the district court of Cavalier county, and resulted in .a judgment dismissing the action. We are asked on this appeal to try the case de novo.
The facts necessary to an understanding of the issues involved are in the main as follows':' In the fall of…
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- Gemmell v. Henry G. Davis & Co.Court of Appeals of Maryland · 1892
- In re the Election of Directors of the Argus Printing Co.North Dakota Supreme Court · 1891
- Manchester Street Railway v. WilliamsSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1902
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