White v. Salisbury
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Montgomery Circuit Court. The appellant sued the respondents upon the following instrument of writing: “ We, the undersigned, agree to pay and deliver to William White, or order, seven hundred and seventy-seven dollars and sixteen and three-fourths cents in railroad stock of the North Missouri Railroad Company, the same to be delivered to him on or before the fifteenth day of July next, which amount is understood to be seven shares and.77-f- of a share.
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Appeal from Montgomery Circuit Court. The appellant sued the respondents upon the following instrument of writing: “ We, the undersigned, agree to pay and deliver to William White, or order, seven hundred and seventy-seven dollars and sixteen and three-fourths cents in railroad stock of the North Missouri Railroad Company, the same to be delivered to him on or before the fifteenth day of July next, which amount is understood to be seven shares and.77-f- of a share. The above shares are given in discharge of a note given by L. W. Salisbury to William White for $616.72, and dated February 21,…
1Opinion of the CourtDryden, Judge
The defendants, by the contract sued on, agreed to deliver to the plaintiff’s testator, on or before the fifteenth of July, 1867, seven 77-100 shares of stock in the North Missouri Railroad Company. The main ground of controversy in the court below was as to what was required to be done by the defendants to comply with their engagement, the plaintiff maintaining that the delivery of certificates of stock to his testator was essential; while it was insisted by the defendants that a transfer of the stock to him on the books of the company was what was necessary, and all that was requisite. We…
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