Manis Owns 100 Shares of Stock of the Linquist Corporation

question 21

Essay

Manis owns 100 shares of stock of the Linquist Corporation. She sells her stock to Sosnik and delivers to him: (1) her stock certificate for 100 shares and (2) a written, signed assignment of the 100 shares to Sosnik. The assignment form printed on the back of the share certificate is left blank and is not signed. Sosnik refuses to take the certificate and the assignment on the ground that Manis must fill in and sign the assignment form on the stock certificate to make the transfer of stock effective. Is he correct?

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Definitions:

Gross Profit Method

A technique used for estimating inventory and cost of goods sold, calculated by applying a gross profit percentage to sales.

Retail Inventory Method

An accounting method used by retailers to estimate inventory value by converting retail prices to cost prices.

Perpetual Inventory

A system of accounting for inventory that records the sale or purchase of inventory immediately through the use of computerized point-of-sale systems and enterprise asset management software.