Reid’s Case In Re The Electric Telegraph Company Of Ireland; 25 Jul 1857

References: [1857] EngR 801, (1857) 24 Beav 318, (1857) 53 ER 381
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A father voluntarily transferred shares in an incorporated company to his infant son. The company was afterwards wound up (the son being still an infant). Held, that the father was a contributory.