Brown v. McDonald’s Empirical Analysis

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3 federal appellate · 2 district · 1 state decisions

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1. ““That said Henry G. Magee is not and never was the real owner of the saicl 3,500 shares of the preferred stock of said American Alkali Company, or any of" them, but that they wore purchased by the said W. Wesley Kurtz, trading as W. W. Kurtz & Company, for the purpose of concealing the names of the real owners thereof. That W. Wesley Kurtz was, on November 17, 1900, engaged in the business of buying and soiling stock in the Philadelphia Stock Exchange, and 3,700 shares of American Alkali Company’s preferred stock had been bought by him for clients of his, and it was for their benefit that with the consent of the said Magee he directed the agents of the American Alkali Company to issue the new certificates on November 17, 1900, in the name of said Magee. That your orator is advised that the person or persons for whose account the said 3,700 shares were purchased and placed in the name of Henry G. Magee are personally liable- for the amount of said assessment.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Kurtz v. Brown