Legal Opinion
Thompson v. Exchange Building Co.
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided July 16, 1928PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice McKinney
On June 9, 1925, the Board of Directors of the Exchange Building Company declared a. 20 per cent dividend upon its common stock.
The original bill was filed by L. K. Thompson, C. D. Smith and A. S. Caldwell to recover $38,700 of said dividend upon the theory that they had entered into a written contract for the purchase of 1787% shares and 150 shares of the common stock of said Exchange Building Company prior to the date on which said dividend was declared, and that said contracts of purchase were executed shortly after said dividend was declared, and they charge that as a matter of law they…
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