Telegraph v. Lee
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Dubuque District Court.— JIon. M. O. Matthews, Judge. Suit in equity to recover of the defendant Lee, for the benefit of the stockholders in the defendant company, the sum of $2,000, alleged to be due the company from him. A general statement of the case will be found in Dillon v. Lee, 110 Iowa, 156, and it is not necessary to repeat it here.
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Appeal from Dubuque District Court.— JIon. M. O. Matthews, Judge. Suit in equity to recover of the defendant Lee, for the benefit of the stockholders in the defendant company, the sum of $2,000, alleged to be due the company from him. A general statement of the case will be found in Dillon v. Lee, 110 Iowa, 156, and it is not necessary to repeat it here. After the final decision in the former case, this suit was brought and prosecuted to a judgment in favor of the defendants, from which the plaintiff’s appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtSherwin, J.
1. Suit by stockholders: former adjudication. The issues made by the pleadings in this case are in all material respects the same as they were upon this branch of the case on the former trial, and the defendants h-ave pleaded a former adjudication based upon the final decree of this court in that case, Dillon-Lee Case, sufra, the petition alleged that the directors of the corporation had been requested to bring suit against Lee for the recovery of the money in question, and that they had refused to do so. This was denied by the defendants, and no evidence was offered in support of the…
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- Trescott v. BarnesSupreme Court of Iowa · 1879
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