Fisher v. Hampton Transportation Co.
Michigan Supreme Court
Appeal from Saginaw; Snow, J. Bill by Spencer O. Fisher against the Hampton Transportation Company, Benjamin Boutell, and others for an accounting. From a decree dismissing the bill, complainant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtMontgomery, J.
In the year 1895, and for some years prior thereto, the defendant the Hampton Transportation Company was and had been a corporation, duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Michigan, with a capital stock of $50,000, represented by 1,000 shares of the par value of $50 per share. Its sole property was the steamer Eddy. Complainant, at the time of the bankruptcy proceedings hereinafter referred to, was the owner of stock in this corporation, and was also the owner of four-ninths of a vessel known as the Lizzie Madden.
On the 26th of June, 1899, complainant filed a voluntary…
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