Legal Opinion
Civil Service Inv. Ass'n v. Thomas
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided April 15, 1917PublishedCited by 9 opinions
FROM SHELBY Appeal from the Chancery Court of Shelby County. —F. H. Hetskell, Chancellor.
1Opinion of the Court
Me. Justice "Williams
delivered the opinion of the Court.
The hill of complaint was filed by the Civil Service Investment Association, a Tennessee corporation organized under Acts 1875, chapter Í42, section 23, to engage in the business of developing real estate, the object being to recover of Thomas the sum of $1,800 claimed to have been illegally drawn from its treasury by him.
On the association’s beginning business the following by-law was passed:
“On January 1st and July 1st of each year any stockholder can withdraw from the association by surrendering his certificate of stock or receipt for…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Maryland Trust Co. v. National Mechanics BankCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1906
- Schulte v. Boulevard Gardens Land Co.California Supreme Court · 1913
- Cartwright v. DickinsonTennessee Supreme Court · 1890
- Wilson v. Torchon Lace & Mercantile Co.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1912
- In re Tichenor-Grand Co.District Court, S.D. New York · 1913
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3Cited by9 opinions
- Whaley v. KingTennessee Supreme Court · 1918
- Baird v. McDaniel Printing Co.Court of Appeals of Tennessee · 1941
- Uffelman v. BoillinCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1935
- Darnell-Love Lumber Co. v. WiggsTennessee Supreme Court · 1921
- Gasser v. Great Northern InsuranceSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1920
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