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Placerville,CA - El Dorado County - March 22,1853 - South Fork Canal Company Stock :

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Placerville,CA - El Dorado County - March 22,1853 - South Fork Canal Company Stock :
Incorporation date unknown. Cert. # 868, issued to P.M. Inschow for one share. Signed by President B.F. Reene and Secretary A. T. Taylor. Large vignette at top center of a dog lying at the foot of a large safe on a hillside overlooking a large lake and the moon rising over the distant mountains. Two stylized design vignettes at left and right ends. Black print on crème paper. Uncancelled. Printer: Harmon & Springer, “El Dorado News” Office, Placerville. 6.5 x 10.5.” The company, located along the American River, was involved in some legal issues. It was sold at a Sheriff’s Sale in March 1858, with a man named Harris put in charge of managing the company while the case (Raun vs. Reynolds) was being settled. By all accounts Harris did a creditable job [Ref: Reports of Cases Determined in The Supreme Court of the State of California, David T. Bagley, Vol.XVIII, 2nd Ed., Bancroft-Whitney Co., 1887, pgs. 275-288]. Then in 1867 there was a second legal action involving the company--Canal Co. vs. Gordon [Ref: openjurist.org/73/us/561/canal-company-v-gordon].