Legal Opinion
Backus v. Taplin
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided January 30, 1936No. 5451PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EVANS, Circuit Judge.
On June 6, 1927, the parties made the following written agreement:
“Dear Mr. Backus:
“Confirming our talk, it is understood that if you will agree not to dispose of your holdings of stock in The Pittsburgh & West Virginia Railway Company during the life of the Syndicate, then such holdings of stock shall be treated the same as the stock in the Syndicate; that is, upon any disposition of the stock held by the Syndicate as a part of any transaction passing control of The P. & W. Va. Railway Company, (a majority of the stock of said company being held by the Syndicate and…
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