Legal Opinion
Finance Co. of America v. Brock
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided January 9, 1936No. 7894PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SIBLEY, Circuit Judge.
This appeal seeks to test the question whether a bill of discovery in aid of an action at law will lie against corporations and their representatives not parties to the law action to compel the production and permit the examination of the corporate books and records in. advance of the trial at law in order to prepare evidence for that trial. The action at law was brought in the federal District Court tq recover damages from certain persons who were directors and officers of the Canal Bank & Trust Company for alleged fraudulent misrepresentations concerning the condition…
2Cases cited14 opinions
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- Guthrie v. HarknessSupreme Court of the United States · 1905
- Coca-Cola Co. v. City of AtlantaSupreme Court of Georgia · 1922
- Brown v. McDonaldCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1905
- Griesa v. Mutual Life Ins.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1909
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- Local No. 1419, Ila, General Longshore Workers Union, Afl-Cio v. Cornelius SmithCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1962
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- Sumner v. J. S. Williams SonLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1946
- Brandt Glass Co. v. New Orleans Housing Mart, Inc.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1966
- Liquidation of Canal Bank & Trust Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1938