Richardson v. Graham
West Virginia Supreme Court
Appeal from Circuit Court, Wood Comity. Bill by' William Richardson and others against A. B. Graham and others for a receiver and equitable relief. From a decree for plaintiffs, defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
English, Judge:
A. B. Graham was the owner of an option on a tract of land of ten acres, by which he was entitled to have a conveyance therefor from the executors of T. J. Cook upon the payment of six thousand dollars, and, being such owner, undertook to get up a joint-stock company, with a view of disposing of said option for eight thousand five hundred dollars. The proposed company was to be capitalized at twelve thousand dollars, of which eight ' thousand five hundred dollars was for said option, and three thousand five hundred dollars for putting down a test well on the property. Graham…
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