72 Cal. 321 | Cal. | 1887
Blakeman instituted this action for the purpose of compelling the corporation defendant to transfer to him two thousand five hundred shares of its capital stock, of which he claimed to have become the owner by reason of his purchase thereof at sheriff’s sale under execution against one C. H. Simpkins. The court found that the latter was the owner of five shares of the stock in controversy, and gave judgment that the same be transferred to the plaintiff, as prayed for in the complaint. From that and the order denying him a new trial he has appealed. From the record it appears that the plaintiff purchased the whole of the stock he claims at sheriff’s sale, under execution, as the property of 0. H. Simpkins, and paid therefor the sum of three
Belcher, C. C., and Seabls, 0., concurred.
— For the reasons given in the foregoing opinion, the judgment and order are affirmed.