Jesse v. Tinkham

The following opinion was filed December 8, 1931:

Fritz, J.

This action is against the same defendant and in relation to the sale of stock of the same corporation, viz. Coal River Collieries, as in the case of Graff v. Tinkham, 202 Wis. 141, 231 N. W. 593. It is undisputed that on January 17, 1922, plaintiff bought thirty shares of that stock for $3,000, and for that amount gave defendant a draft, which defendant forwarded to the Coal River Collieries. No dividends were ever paid to plaintiff, and a receiver was appointed for the corporation in 1927. Then plaintiff sued defendant to recover…