Schwartz v. Rosetta Gravel Paving & Improvement Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Civil District Court, Parish of Orleans; Pred D. King, Judge. Action by Harriet Schwartz against the Rosetta Gravel Paving & Improvement Company. Prom a judgment on the accounting of the receiver, Lazarus & Luce appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
Statement of the Case.
MONROE, J.
The plaintiff, as the holder of two shares of stock in the defendant company, filed a petition in the civil district court, setting up mismanagement and misappropriation of funds, and praying that a receiver be appointed. As a more particular cause of complaint, she alleged that the management of the company was controlled by Maurice J. and Samuel J. Hart, who had been the agents of Judah Hart; that whilst acting in such dual capacity they had loaned about $100,000 of the money of the company nominally to Judah Hart, but in reality to themselves, upon a pledge…
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