Legal Opinion

Metcalfe v. Mental Science Industrial Ass'n

Washington Supreme Court

Decided November 6, 1923No. 17712PublishedCited by 3 opinions

Appeal from an order of the superior court for King county, Gilliam, J., entered May 13, 1922, refusing to appoint a receiver for a corporation and dismissing an action to dissolve the corporation, upon the complaint and opening statement of counsel.

1Opinion of the CourtMain, C. J.

This action was brought for the dual purpose of having stock, which was held by one of the individual defendants in the Mental Science Industrial Association, canceled and returned to the corporation, and for the appointment of a receiver of the two defendant corporations to work their dissolution and the distribution of the assets. To the first amended complaint, which will be referred to as the complaint, a demurrer was interposed and overruled. The defendants answered. The cause came on for trial and the statement of the plaintiffs’ case was made by one of their attorneys. After this…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Old Dominion Copper Mining & Smelting Co. v. BigelowMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1909
  2. Old Dominion Copper Mining & Smelting Co. v. LewisohnSupreme Court of the United States · 1908
  3. Inland Nursery & Floral Co. v. RiceWashington Supreme Court · 1910
  4. Johnson v. City of SpokaneWashington Supreme Court · 1902
  5. Gold Ridge Mining & Development Co. v. RiceWashington Supreme Court · 1914

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3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Hays v. Georgian Inc.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1932
  2. Davis v. HarrisonWashington Supreme Court · 1946
  3. Jeffs v. Utah Power & Light Co.Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1940

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