Edgar v. Ames
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Western District of Oklahoma; John H. Cotteral, Judge. In the matter of the bankruptcy of the Oklahoma City Times Company. The claim of C. B.- Edgar was denied, and the claim of C. B. Ames and others, as bondholders, was allowed, and claimant Edgar appeals, and Norman H.' Wright, trustee in bankruptcy, also appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
SANBORN, Circuit Judge.
The Oklahoma City Times. Company, in April, 1911, was a corporation of the state of Oklahoma, engaged in publishing newspapers in Oklahoma City. D. T. Elynn, C. B. Ames, and B. P. Johnson, owned all its capital stock, the par value of which was $100,000. Two rival newspapers, the Pointer and the Free Press were being published in competition with the Times. Flynn and his associates made agreements with C. B. Edgar that they would sell and transfer to him their $100,000 of stock, would pay certain debts of the corporation, which amounted to $5,000, would pay $15,000 to…
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