Lucas v. Friant
Michigan Supreme Court
Appeal from Kent; Grove, J. Bill by Thomas J. Lucas and Mary A. Lucas against Thomas Friant, McGeorge Bundy, the Grand Rapids Vapor-Stove Company, and others, to set aside a mortgage and sale of corporate property, and for an accounting. From a decree dismissing the bill, complainants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtLong, C. J.
In October, 1892, Charles H. Child, of Cleveland, Ohio, claiming to be the owner of valuable patents for the construction of vapor stoves, came to Grand Rapids, and interested with himself T. J. Lucas, one of the complainants. Together they interested other parties in the formation of what was called the Grand Rapids Vapor-Stove Company, Lucas claiming that he had investigated the proposed business, and representing it as very profitable. A prospectus of the business was shown, exhibiting large profits. The defendants, together with Lucas and Child and some other parties, became the…
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