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31 Me. 290

Dodge v. Barnes

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine

Decided July 1, 1850

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · decided 1850-07-01

<p>Where, in a suit upon a contract relative to certain corporation stock, the contract, offered by the plaintiff in evidence, disagreed with the declaration as to the plaintiff’s Christian name, and also as to the name of the corporation ; hut the identities were apparent from the recital in the contract, and from the corporation records, to which the contract referred; B'eld, the variances, (between the contract and the allegations of the writ,) constituted no defence.</p> <p>A transfer of corporation stock, made to fulfil a contract, is not ineffectual on account of its being made two days earlier than the stipulated day.</p>

Cited by 2 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently March 1901

1 state decisions

Cited in Bouvier (1914)’s definition of “Name”

Good law ✅— No negative treatment on recordhow we know

Decided 1850-07-01

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Howard, J. orally.

¶1The variances, relied upon, constitute no sufficient defence'. The recital in the contract and the records of the transfer, mentioned in the recital, manifestly show the trade to have been with the plaintiff, and that it related to shares in the Anson Woolen Manufacturing Company.

¶2It is objected that the declaration contains no averment of the identities. But that omission is supplied by the proofs.

¶3The transfer made May 30, would be in force on the 1st of June. As respects time, the transfer was therefore sufficient.

¶4When the plaintiff, through his agent, Gage, demanded pay of the defendant, he ratified Cobb’s doings.

¶5The by-laws required the transfer to be made, not by the owner, but by the treasurer, who thereby became the owner’s agent for that purpose. As to the want of notice, the defendant is presumed to know the mode of transfer, prescribed by the by-laws, and he also knew the time at which it was to be made. Further notice was not required. But, if required, it was sufficiently given by Gage to the defendant.

¶6 Default confirmed.

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