Wootton Land & Fuel Co. v. Ownbey
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Appeal' from the District Court of the United States for the District of Colorado; John A. Riner, Judge. Suit by'the Wootton Land & Fuel Company and others against J. A. Ownbey. Cross-appeals from decree. These cases present an appeal and a’ cross-appeal from a'decree in a suit for an accounting.
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Appeal' from the District Court of the United States for the District of Colorado; John A. Riner, Judge. Suit by'the Wootton Land & Fuel Company and others against J. A. Ownbey. Cross-appeals from decree. These cases present an appeal and a’ cross-appeal from a'decree in a suit for an accounting. It was brought by the holders of a majority of the capital stock of the Wootton Land & Fuel Company, a corporation (hereafter called the Wootton Company), and for the benefit of that company and of all its stockholders, and its main object was-to secure an accounting from the defendant, J. A. Ownbey,…
1Opinion of the CourtMunger, District Judge
(after stating the facts as above). [1] The special master allowed to Ownbey a sum of salary and his living expenses. 'Phis was based upon-testimony by Ownbey and Cheney as to the alleged agreement between Morgan, Cheney, and Ownbey, at *94Morgan’s library in New York City, in December, 1909, whereby it is claimed Ownbey was to receive this allowance. The finding of the master that Ownbey was not required to account to the company for his transactions occurring before April 16, 1910, was also partly based upon this conversation and agreements claimed to have been made at that time. By proper…
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