English v. Rosenkrantz
Supreme Court of Georgia
Certiorari; from Court of Appeals. 26 Oa. App. 234. On the 16th day of April, 1918, Mrs. Eebie Rosenkrantz instituted an action against James W. English Sr., Harry L. English individually and as administrator of the estate of James W. English Jr., deceased, James D. Robinson, Emily English Robinson, Jennie English Kiser, and John K. Ottley. The action-was to recover damages fo:j an. alleged breach of contract.
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Certiorari; from Court of Appeals. 26 Oa. App. 234. On the 16th day of April, 1918, Mrs. Eebie Rosenkrantz instituted an action against James W. English Sr., Harry L. English individually and as administrator of the estate of James W. English Jr., deceased, James D. Robinson, Emily English Robinson, Jennie English Kiser, and John K. Ottley. The action-was to recover damages fo:j an. alleged breach of contract. The defendants filed general and special demurrers to the petition. Certain amendments to the petition were allowed, after which the demurrers were renewed. The court sustained a…
1Opinion of the CourtAtkinson, J.
1. The action is for damages for alleged breach of the contract set forth at length in the statement of facts, by preventing the plaintiff as a stockholder from voting all of the stock of the corporation for herself as vice-president under provisions of the contract, and thereby depriving her of stipulated salaries pertaining to the office. The action was instituted after the decision of this court in Rosenkrantz v. Chattahoochee Brick Company, 147 Ga. 730 (95 S. E. 225), being a suit for specific performance, in which the judgment of the trial court dismissing the petition on general…
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