CORPORATIONS-OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS-FIDUCIARY DUTY OF OFFICER PURCHASING STOCK FROM SHAREHOLDER

Authors

Walter H. Weiner, University of Michigan Law SchoolFollow

Abstract

Defendant, president of a corporation acquired stock owned by plaintiff and others by falsely representing that the corporation had been sold. After enhancing the value of this stock, defendant sold it. Plaintiff brought suit for fraudulent conversion and the trial court directed a verdict for the defendant. On appeal, held, reversed. An officer negotiating with a shareholder for the purchase of shares must act with scrupulous trust and confidence, and unless the officer acts with the utmost fairness the wronged shareholder may invoke the proper remedy. Blazer v. Black, (10th Cir. 1952) 196 F. (2d) 139.

Recommended Citation

Walter H. Weiner, CORPORATIONS-OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS-FIDUCIARY DUTY OF OFFICER PURCHASING STOCK FROM SHAREHOLDER, 51 Mich. L. Rev. 290 (1952).
Available at: https://repository.law.umich.edu/mlr/vol51/iss2/10