Chaison v. Chaison’s Empirical Analysis

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4 state decisions

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1. ““I find as a fact that at the time of the death of the said Wm. G. Chaison he owned seventy shares of the capital stock of the Jef Chaison Townsite Company, of the par value of $100.00 per share, and that the same was at that time in the possession of the defendants, Chas. J. Chaison, Brandon C. Bryan and Jef C. Russell, and that the same has continued in their possession since his death. * * * I find as a fact that under the terms of the written instrument dated January 24, 1928, executed by Wm. G. Chaison, and pleaded and referred to in the answer of Chas. J. Chaison, Brandon C. Bryan and Jef C. Russell as constituting their authority for holding the seventy shares of the corporate stock of the Jef Chaison Townsite Company which belonged to the said Wm. G. Chaison, the said Wm. G. Chaison retained control of the said 110 shares of stock referred to therein, and retained the right to consume and dispose of the same and all dividends arising therefrom, subject only to any indebtedness owing by the said Wm. G. Chaison to the said Jef Chaison Townsite Company or to the defendants, Chas. J. Chaison, Brandon C. Bryan and Jef C. Russell, or either of them, and I find as a fact that he did so consume and dispose of forty shares of said 110 shares of said corporate stock before his death, and also the dividends arising therefrom except the said sum of $554.96. And I find as a fact that the said written instrument was a power of attorney and mortgage with power of sale, executed by t”

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