Case Name: Joseph P. Manton vs. Thomas H. Ray
Court: Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Jurisdiction: Rhode Island
Decision Date: 1896-04-08
Citations: 19 R.I. 423
Docket Number: No. 3639
Parties: Joseph P. Manton vs. Thomas H. Ray.
Judges: 
Reporter: Rhode Island Reports
Volume: 19
Pages: 423–423

Head Matter:
Joseph P. Manton vs. Thomas H. Ray.
Equity,
No. 3639.
equity pleading.
After the decision in the case reported in 18 It. I. 672, the complainant amended his hill so as to aver that he “was, on the 21st day of June, A. D. 1893, possessed of and was the owi^er of certain shares of stock, to wit, twenty-five shares of the capital stock of the Home Investment Company,” etc.
RESCRIPT.
Clarke H. Johnson, for complainant. .
Wilson & Jenckes, for defendant.
Filed April 8, 1896.

Opinion:
We are of the opinion that the allegation of the amended bill that the respondent had the stock at the time of making the contract with the complainant is sufficient. Milkman v. Ordiway, 106 Mass. 232. The demurrer is therefore overruled.