SPEIER v. UNITED STATES

No. M-273.

9 F.Supp. 1020 (1935)

SPEIER v. UNITED STATES.

Court of Claims.

March 4, 1935.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Allen H. Gardner, of Washington, D. C. (Morris, KixMiller & Baar, of Washington, D. C., on the brief), for plaintiff.

J. W. Blalock, of Washington, D. C., and Frank J. Wideman, Asst. Atty. Gen., for the United States.

Before BOOTH, Chief Justice, and GREEN, LITTLETON, WILLIAMS, and WHALEY, Judges.


LITTLETON, Judge.

Defendant contends that the declaration of a cash dividend of $40,000, payable $20,000 to Simon and $20,000 to Speier, was a condition precedent in the offer of sale of Simon's stock which was accepted by Speier, that such a dividend was declared by the corporation, and it must be held to have been constructively received by Speier.

The sole question in the case, therefore, is whether plaintiff constructively received a cash dividend from...

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