Whitney v. Whitney

This is a bill in equity by the holder of three hundred and eighty shares of stock in Whitney & Company, Incorporated, a corporation, against the corporation and Fred A. Whitney, the holder of six hundred and seventeen shares. A demurrer was sustained on the ground of multifariousness, the plaintiff declined to. amend, a final decree was entered dismissing the bill with costs, and the plaintiff appealed.

The bill alleges in substance that in 1926 the corporation bought from the plaintiff and the individual defendant certain assets of a partnership in which they were equal partners, for the…