Legal Opinion

Stockwell v. St. Louis Mercantile Co.

Missouri Court of Appeals

Decided June 1, 1880PublishedCited by 1 opinion

Appeal from the St. Louis Circuit Court, Boyle, J.

1Opinion of the CourtLewis, P. J.

The controlling question in this cause is, whether a transfer of stock in a corporation, not entered on the books of the company in accordance with its by-laws, is binding on the corporation, either with or without notice aliunde of the transfer? The court below, in sustaining the defendant’s demurrer to the evidence, held that such a transfer was invalid as against the corporation. The ruling was right, and judgment must be affirmed. Wag. Stats. 289, sect. 1; White v. Salisbury, 33 Mo. 150; Fine v. Hornsby, 2 Mo. App. 61; A. Wight Co. v. Steinkemeyer, 6 Mo. App. 574.

All the judges concur.

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. White v. SalisburySupreme Court of Missouri · 1862
  2. Fine v. HornsbyMissouri Court of Appeals · 1876

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Vale Mills v. SpaldingSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1883