Merritt v. Ehrman
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Chancery Court of Chilton. Heard before the Hon. James R. Dowdell. The bill in this case was filed by the appellee, Rudolph Ehrman, against the appellants, William H. Merritt and M. J. Bond, and it was averred in the bill that in February, 1896, there was being operated in Chilton county, Alabama, a saw mill by the Merritt & Bond Lumber Company, a corporation chartered under the laws of the State of Alabama ; that the capital stock of said corporation was…
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Appeal from the Chancery Court of Chilton. Heard before the Hon. James R. Dowdell. The bill in this case was filed by the appellee, Rudolph Ehrman, against the appellants, William H. Merritt and M. J. Bond, and it was averred in the bill that in February, 1896, there was being operated in Chilton county, Alabama, a saw mill by the Merritt & Bond Lumber Company, a corporation chartered under the laws of the State of Alabama ; that the capital stock of said corporation was $12,000, divided into 120 shares of the value of $100 ; that the ownership of all of said stock was divided equally between…
1Opinion of the CourtColeman, J.
The appellee, Ehrman, filed the present bill, praying for the rescission of a contract, made and entered into by him and appellants, who are the respondents to the bill. The court overruled a demurrer to the bill, and respondents appealed to this court. The bill avers that in February, 1896, the complainant entered into a written agreement with the Merritt & Bond Lumber Company, a corporation with a capital stock of twelve thousand dollars, in which there were one hundred and twenty shares of one hundred dollars each, sixty of which shares belonged to W. H. Merritt, and sixty to M. J. Bond.…
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