Moore v. Bank of Commerce
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from St. Louis Circuit Court. The corporation liad the right tinder its charter to prescribe the mode and form of the transfer of its stock, and unless that mode and form were complied with; or offered to be complied with, the company could uot be held liable for a refusal to transfer.
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Appeal from St. Louis Circuit Court. The corporation liad the right tinder its charter to prescribe the mode and form of the transfer of its stock, and unless that mode and form were complied with; or offered to be complied with, the company could uot be held liable for a refusal to transfer. (Marlborough Manufacturing Co. vs. Smith, 2 Conn., 578 ; Northrop vs. Newton & Bridgeport Turnpike Co., 3 Conn., 544 ; The Oxford Turnpike Co. vs. Bnnnel, 6 Conn., 552 ; Sargent vs. Essex R. R. Co., 9 Pick., 204.) There was no official act done, or record made, of the alleged transaction between…
1Opinion of the CourtAdams, Judge
The defendant is a corporation created by an act of the Missouri Legislature of the 14th of February, 1857, under the corporate name of “The St. Louis Building and Savings’ Association,” and by a subsequent act of the Legislature its name was changed to “The Bank of Commerce.”
In December 1860, Josiah G-. McClellan was. the owner of six shares of the stock of this Company, and applied to the plaintiff for a loan of $700, and proposed to pledge this stock as security for the loan. 'The plaintiff before he would make the loan called upon the defendant to ascertain how this stock stood, and…
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