Hanson v. Slaven
California Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court of the City aud County of Sau Francisco. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtGaroutte, J.
This is an appeal from a judgment of non-suit in an action brought to recover the sum of one million, two hundred and seventy thousand dollars as damages for a breach of contract to deliver two thousand shares of stock of the American Contracting and Dredging Company of Hew York City. The contract was executory and in the following words: —
“San Francisco, June 10, 1882.
1 “Charles Hanson, Esq.—Dear Sir: We hereby agree to take and pay for the amount of stock subscribed by you, namely % two thousand shares at thirty dollars per share, in a company now being organized, and to be known as the…
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