Deals in Shares of Baldwins (Limited): High Court Test Case: The action by Dr. William Farncombe, of Harborne, against Messrs. Sperling and Company, London, share brokers, claiming over £41,000 as the price of over 13,000 Ordinary Shares in Baldwins (Limited), Swansea, alleged to be payable to the plaintiff under a contact dated February 1920, between the defendants and the directors of Baldwins (Limited), was further heard yesterday before Mr. Justice Coleridge in the King’s Bench Division. The defendants denied any liability, and said they were only acting as agents for the Northumberland shipbuilding Company (Limited) … … (details of the case) … … Mr. Richard Alfred Pinsent, solicitor, of Birmingham said he acted for Baldwins. He prepared the draft of the agreement of February 27, 1920, with Sperlings. Sperling’s were described as the purchasers, and that was approved by the defendant’s solicitors. He never heard before then that the Northumberland Shipbuilding Company were said to be the purchasers …
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GRO0738 Devonport: Richard Alfred Pinsent: 1852 – 1948