v.}—Stock-broker. One who buys and sells stock as the agent of others. Banta v. Chicago, 172 Ill. 204, 50 N. E. 233, L. R. A. 611; Little Rock v. Bar ton, 33 Ark. 486; Gast v. Buckley (Ky.) 64 S. W. 632.—Stook corporation. A corpora~ tion having a capital stock divided into shares, and which is authorized by law to distribute to the holders thereof dividends or shares of the surplus Pe of the corporation. Buker v.