Dufour v. Lang
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Louisiana. In Equity. Bill by Carl Lang against the Louisiana Tanning Company and 12 individuals composing the board of directors thereof.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Louisiana. In Equity. Bill by Carl Lang against the Louisiana Tanning Company and 12 individuals composing the board of directors thereof. A supplemental bill made P. Cougot and Wentzel Zimmerman parties defendant, and alleged that they, with J. M. M. Du-four, had been elected liquidators of the company, and prayed that they be removed, and that receivers be appointed to liquidate the company’s affairs. A decree was accordingly entered removing such liquidators and appointing receivers as prayed. The liquidators…
1Opinion of the Court
McCQRMXOK, Circuit Judge.
On the 30th of April, 1892, the appellee, Carl Lang, a, citizen of Indiana, on behalf of himself and of all others similarly situated, exhibited his bill of complaint ⅛ this case in the circuit court for the eastern district of Louisiana against the Louisiana Tanning Company and 12 individual defendants, alleged to then constitute the board of directors of said company, alleging that said company was incorporated for the declared purpose, as expressed in its charter, of purchasing unimproved real estate in the parish of Orleans, and such other vacant woodland as might…
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