Baldwin v. Johnson
Texas Supreme Court
Error to the Court of Civil Appeals for the Fifth District, in an appeal from Titus County. Baldwin and others, as commissioners to wind up a dissolved Louisiana corporation, sued Johnson and others to recover land belonging to the company. Intervention was filed in the name of the corporation, and the commissioners also asserted rights as stockholders. Judgment was-for defendants, and was affirmed on plaintiff’s appeal, whereupon they obtained writ of error.
1Opinion of the Court
BROWN, Associate Justice.
The John Henry Shoe Co., a private corporation created under and in conformity to the laws of the State of Louisiana, owned the land in controversy, which is situated in Titus County. The corporation owed no debts, but was possessed of property of the value of $100,000. Its charter provided that when it should be dissolved, its affairs should be liquidated and settled by a commission of three persons appointed by the stockholders. The provision of the charter was in conformity to tlie law of the State of Louisiana. In accordance with the charter and in compliance with…
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