Reid v. Shaffer
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Michigan; Arthur J. Tuttle, Judge. Suit by Charles B. Shaffer against George F. W. Reid. From a decree for complainant, defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
HOLLISTER, District Judge.
Burns-Hickey Company, a corporation engaged at Detroit in the dry goods business, Burns and Hickey each owning half of the common stock, and Navin and Mullin owning the preferred stock, had a lease from the Ferguson estate on the premises in Detroit in which it carried on its business, running for 25 years from August 17, 1912, at $25,000 a year. Burns, the president, and Hickey disagreed and the stockholders authorized, and caused to be advertised, a sale of the assets, including the lease.
Reid, the appellant, for many years connected with Bradstreet’s Mercantile…
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