Steindler v. Virginia Public Service Co.

The appellants instituted a suit in the Circuit Court of the city of Alexandria, the situs of appellee, to compel the appellee to transfer on its books, to appellants, eighty shares of preferred stock of the appellee, alleged to be owned by appellants, and to issue new certificates therefor to appellants. The bill or complaint also contained a prayer for damages in an amount sufficient to compensate appellants for the decline in the market value of the stock subsequent to the refusal of transfer.

Percy G. Dixon and William H. Humphries, the original owners of the eighty shares of stock, filed…