Atherton v. Beaman
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States lor the District of Massachusetts; James M. Morton, jr., Judge. Suit by Percy A. Atherton and "others, trustees in bankruptcy of the Parsons Manufacturing Company, against Nathaniel P. Beaman. Prom a decree for defendant (256 Fed. 871), plaintiffs appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
JOHNSON, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from the final decree in a bill in equity brought by the appellants as trustees in bankruptcy of the Parsons Manufacturing Company, a Massachusetts corporation, organized in 1898 with a capital of 810,000, which was afterwards increased to $30,000, of which $20,000 was preferred and $10,000 common stock.
In 1914 the appellee, Nathaniel P. Beaman, owned all the preferred and a large part of the common stock. The other stockholders were: Iieury Gerrish, Jr., who owned ten shares of the common stock, and a brother of the defendant, who owned one share. Mr.…
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