Legal Opinion

Knox Glass Bottle Co. v. Underwood

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided October 8, 1956No. 40163PublishedCited by 30 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

*719Ethridge, J.

This is a suit in equity by a corporation against four of its former officers and directors, and against the wife and three grandchildren (and their trustees) of an officer and director, and against a partner of an officer and director, to recover large personal profits which the defendants made from leases of trucks to complainant corporation, while certain defendants were its directors and officers. It originated in the Chancery Court of the First Judicial District of Hinds County. Although the lengthy-record of sixteen volumes and the briefs involve a multitude of facts and…

2Cases cited43 opinions

  1. Pepper v. LittonSupreme Court of the United States · 1939
  2. Briggs v. SpauldingSupreme Court of the United States · 1891
  3. Michoud v. GirodSupreme Court of the United States · 1846
  4. Magruder v. DrurySupreme Court of the United States · 1914
  5. Jackson v. SmithSupreme Court of the United States · 1919

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3Cited by30 opinions

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  5. Ellzey v. Fyr-Pruf, Inc.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1979

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