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TELEGRAPH COMPANY v. DAVENPORT

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97 U.S. 369 (1878)

24 L.Ed. 1047

TELEGRAPH COMPANY, v. DAVENPORT. TELEGRAPH COMPANY, v. DAVENPORT.

Supreme Court of United States.

November 18, 1878.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

The cause was argued by Mr. Grosvenor Porter Lowrey and Mr. J. Hubley Ashton for the appellant, and by Mr. John F. Follett for the appellees.

MR. JUSTICE FIELD, after stating the case, delivered the opinion of the court.

Upon the facts stated there ought to be no question as to the right of the plaintiffs to have their shares replaced on the books of the company and proper certificates issued to them, and to recover the dividends accrued on the shares after the unauthorized transfer; or to have alternative judgments for the value of the shares and the dividends. Forgery can confer no power nor transfer...

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