Bell v. Standard Quicksilver Co.

This is an appeal by the plaintiff from a judgment in favor of the defendant, and from an order denying plaintiff’s motion for a new trial.

The object of the action was to obtain a decree declaring invalid an assessment of less than ten per cent upon the stock of the defendant corporation, and to set aside a sale under said assessment of seventeen thousand shares of the stock belonging to the estate of the deceased. The case was tried by the court, findings were filed, and judgment was entered for the defendant.

The principal point relied on by the plaintiff is, that the assessment is void for…