Styles v. Laurel Fork Oil & Coal Co.
West Virginia Supreme Court
Appeal from Circuit Court, Wood County. Bill by Robert G. Styles, administrator of W. C.'Styles, against the Laurel Fork Oil & Coal Company and others. Decree for plaintiff, and defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
McWhorter, Judge:
Robert G. Styles, administrator of the estate of W. C. Styles, deceased, who was a stockholder and creditor of the corporation sued, at the January rules, 1897, filed his bill in equity, at the clerk’s office of Wood County circuit court against the Laurel Fork Oil & Coal Company, a corporation, L. C. Gratz, H. S. Gratz, Ella G. Fell, Mrs. H. A. Styles, executrix of the last will and testament of H. A. Styles, deceased, James Scott, S. G. Rosengardner, and others, whose names were unknown, and who were stockholders in said corporation, for the purpose of winding up *376the…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Shafer v. O'BrienWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1888
- McCoy's Exor. v. McCoy's DeviseesWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1876
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