Thomas Branch & Co. v. Riverside & Dan River Cotton Mills, Inc.

This case is the sequel to the case of Branch & Co. v. Riverside and Dan River Cotton Mills, Inc., reported in 139, Va. at page 291, 123 S. E. 542. The early history of the ease is fully set out in the opinion as reported in that ease and it will not be repeated in detail here.

Thomas Branch & Company will hereafter be referred to as Branch & Company, and the Riverside and Dan River Cotton Mills will be referred to as the mills.

Branch & Company were, prior to January 1, 1920, and are now the owners, so'far as the books of the mills show, of 671 shares of its preferred stock.

On July 28, 1920,…