Wood v. Fox
Utah Supreme Court
Appeal from judgment of the district court of the third district and from orders refusing a new trial. The opinion states the facts, except the following: The findings in both cases were precisely similar except as to the name of the plaintiff, and were as follows: That on and prior to October 7, 1872, the plaintiff was the owner of two hundred and fifty shares of the capital stock of the Eureka Mining Company of Utah, and that on and prior to said date, Joab Lawrence,…
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Appeal from judgment of the district court of the third district and from orders refusing a new trial. The opinion states the facts, except the following: The findings in both cases were precisely similar except as to the name of the plaintiff, and were as follows: That on and prior to October 7, 1872, the plaintiff was the owner of two hundred and fifty shares of the capital stock of the Eureka Mining Company of Utah, and that on and prior to said date, Joab Lawrence, deceased, was the owner of more than fifteen hundred shares of said capital stock. That prior to said date, the plaintiff…
1Opinion of the Court
BlaoKbueN, J.:
This suit is brought to enforce a trust, and claim a large amount of money, of many thousand dollars, due the plaintiff from the estate of said decedent, — accumulations from the trust property while in the hands of said decedent. Judgment for defendants, and plaintiff appeals, and assigns for error that the evidence does not support the judgment. The complaint is as follows:
“The said plaintiff complains of the defendants, and alleges that the deceased, Joab Lawrence, died in the city and county of Salt Lake, Territory of TJtah, on or about the 28th day of December, 1888. That…
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