Legal Opinion
Hurt v. Cotton States Fertilizer Co.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided November 3, 1944No. 11122PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WALLER, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff’s father, and testator, owned stock in the defendant corporation which he residuarily bequeathed to the plaintiff, and five others. When the then sole surviving and qualified executor, being financially unable, declined to bring suit for alleged fraudulent acts of the corporate management, plaintiff and his sister-in-law purchased all of the stock held by the executor and shortly thereafter filed suit herein.
Diversity of citizenship is appropriately alleged but it was asserted successfully in the Court below that under Section 22-711, Code of Ga. of 1933, and…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Andrews Co. v. National Bank of ColumbusSupreme Court of Georgia · 1907
- Arcola Sugar Mills Co. v. BurnhamCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1933
- Scott v. Flint River Pecan Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1925
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- Matthies v. Seymour Manufacturing Co.District Court, D. Connecticut · 1958
- Kenrich Corp. v. MillerCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1967
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