Henry v. Elder
Supreme Court of Georgia
Corporations. Parties. Injunction. Mortgages. Before Judge Hillyer. DeKalb County. At Chambers. October 20, 1879. Elder, as administrator of his wife, hied his bill against Henry ei al. It alleged, in brief, as follows: The Stone Mountain Granite and Railway Co's, stock was divided into shares of $1,000 each. Of these W. A. Richardson held 58 shares, M. C. Richardson 15, J. F. Henry 5. All these live in Kentucky, the others in DeKalb county.
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Corporations. Parties. Injunction. Mortgages. Before Judge Hillyer. DeKalb County. At Chambers. October 20, 1879. Elder, as administrator of his wife, hied his bill against Henry ei al. It alleged, in brief, as follows: The Stone Mountain Granite and Railway Co's, stock was divided into shares of $1,000 each. Of these W. A. Richardson held 58 shares, M. C. Richardson 15, J. F. Henry 5. All these live in Kentucky, the others in DeKalb county. John T. Meador owned 5 shares; complainant’s intestate 2 shares; and there remained unsold 10 shares. Henry claimed to have become a creditor of the…
1Opinion of the Court
Warner, Chief Justice.
This was a bill filed by the complainant against the defendants, with a prayer for an injunction on the allegations contained therein. On the hearing of the case, the chancellor, after considering the allegations in the bill, the defendants’ answer thereto, and the evidence contained in the record, granted the injunction prayed for, whereupon the defendants excepted.
It appears from the record that the complainant was a stockholder in the “Stone Mountain Granite Company,” a corporation, and as such stockholder, was bound by the contracts made by the properly constituted…
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