Ferar v. Hall

Plaintiff invested $1,800 in the common stock of the corporate defendant and brought this suit to recover his investment on the grounds that he had been defrauded, that his investment had been induced by false reports, and that the stock had been sold to him in violation of the blue sky law. * The defendants are the corporation, Cortez R. Hall, its president and principal stockholder, Grace M. Brown, secretary, and Guerrier and Stimson, 2 directors. The case was tried before a jury. At the conclusion of plaintiff’s case, and again at the conclusion of all the proofs, defendants moved for a…