Beckett v. Pierce

THOMAS, J.:

The appellant, self-styled “business organizer,” brought suit against Clyde C. Pierce and William R. Lovett, whom he described respectively as “dealer in stocks” and “wealthy banker and financial manipulator,” and Clyde C. Pierce Corporation, seeking to have a construction trust impressed on certain stock of Piggly-Wiggly Corporation; to have himself declared the owner of one-third intereest in the stock; to obtain discovery, accounting, receivership, and so on.

When all the testimony had been introduced, the master’s ultimate recommendation that the bill be dismissed was adopted by…