Farquhar v. Canada-Atlantic & Plant Steamship Co.

The defendant company is a Canada corporation, and on September 20,1904, declared a dividend of six and a quarter per cent on its capital stock, payable October 1. This is an action to recover $750, the amount of the dividend on one hundred and twenty shares of stock. The case was tried by a judge * without a jury. The judge found for the defendant and the case is here on exceptions by the plaintiff to the finding and to the refusal of the judge to give certain rulings that were requested.

The plaintiff was not the owner or holder of the stock at the time that the dividend was declared, and…