Willis v. Lam

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Settle

-Affirming.

This action was instituted against tbe appellees, J. W. Lam, J. A. Smith and R. L. Brown, by the appellant J. C. Willis, claiming to be suing in his own right as a stockholder in a defunct bankrupt corporation known as the Dovey Coal Company, and in behalf of other stockholders thereof, whose names are not stated in the petition, to compel the execution of an alleged trust arising out of an alleged parol agreement made between the appellant, J. C. Willis, and the appellee, Lam, whereby the latter promised and undertook, as averred, to convey to…