Legal Opinion

Williams v. Bedenbaugh

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided November 4, 1926No. 6 Div. 722PublishedCited by 61 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtBouldin, J.

This is a suit at law, brought against individual stockholders and officers of a corporation, to recover damages for fraud in the sale of stock to the plaintiff for the use of the corporation.

Amended count 2 relies upon misrepresentations of defendant Williams. That said defendant represented the corporation to be in every respect solvent, owning assets greatly in excess of its liabilities, and making large dividends on its capital stock, when the corporation was, in fact, at the time, insolvent and in a failing condition, and plaintiff was induced by such representations to purchase capital…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. Jordan & Sons v. PickettSupreme Court of Alabama · 1884
  2. National Park Bank v. L. & N. R. R.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1917
  3. King v. Livingston Mfg. Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1912
  4. Gordon's Adm'r v. RossSupreme Court of Alabama · 1879
  5. Hanover Fire Ins. Co. v. WoodSupreme Court of Alabama · 1923

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3Cited by61 opinions

  1. William E. Mann v. Adams Realty Company, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1977
  2. Duke v. YoungSupreme Court of Alabama · 1986
  3. Bank of Red Bay v. KingSupreme Court of Alabama · 1985
  4. Hall Motor Company v. FurmanSupreme Court of Alabama · 1970
  5. Johnson v. Shenandoah Life Insurance CompanySupreme Court of Alabama · 1973

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