Anglo-Colombian Development Co. v. Stapleton

MARTIN, Chief Justice.

An appeal from a decree dismissing a bill for an accounting brought by appellant as plaintiff below. The following are the controlling facts as disclosed by the record:. The Anglo-Colombian Development Company, Limited, an English corporation, a subsidiary of the Consolidated Goldfields of South Africa, Limited, was formed for the purpose of acquiring land, options over mining lights and mining concessions, in Colombia, South America, and for operating the same especially for gold and platinum, and on March 17,1911, the company entered into a written agreement with…