Crichton v. Webb Press Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
,Appeal from Second Judicial District Court, Parish of Webster; John Thomas Watkins, Judge. Action by Thomas and J. E. Crichton against the Webb Press Company, Limited. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiffs appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtProvosty, J.
This suit is brought by two minority stockholders to compel the defendant corporation to declare a dividend. Incidentally, and in order to increase the dividend, the further relief is prayed that certain allowances of salary and certain contracts allowed and made by the majority to and with themselves be annulled. The individuals composing the majority are made parties defendant, together with the corporation itself. The history of the case is this:
In Hay, 1895, the two brothers, Samuel J. and Robert D. Webb, obtained a patent for a cotton compress of the invention of S. J. Webb. They valued…
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