investment contract

investment contract
A contract providing for the investment of capital in a way intended to secure income or profit from its employment. State v Evans, 154 Minn 95, 191 NW 425, 27 ALR 1165. An investment, as well as a contract, since the purchasers rely upon the efforts of other persons to make the investment a profitable one. 47 Am J1st Supp Secur A § 16. If a corporation issues its securities to purchasers who pay their money justly expecting to receive an income or profit from their investment, there results an investment contract such as is referred to in blue sky laws. State v Heath, 199 NC 135, 153 SE 855, 87 ALR 37.

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