Coxe v. Huntsville Gas Light Co.
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Chancery Court of Madison. Heard before the Hon. Thomas Cobbs. The bill in this case was filed on May 16, 1892, by the Huntsville Gas Light Co'., the appellee, against the appellants, Robert E. Coxe and Macgrane Coxe. The averments of the bill, and the purposes for which It was filed, are sufficiently stated in the opinion.
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Appeal from the Chancery Court of Madison. Heard before the Hon. Thomas Cobbs. The bill in this case was filed on May 16, 1892, by the Huntsville Gas Light Co'., the appellee, against the appellants, Robert E. Coxe and Macgrane Coxe. The averments of the bill, and the purposes for which It was filed, are sufficiently stated in the opinion. In the 32d paragraph of the bill, the complainant alleges, that the respondent, Robert E. Coxe, defrauded the complainant corporation, by selling to them a lot for $1,470, for which he gave only $175, and that a deed was executed by Robert E. Coxe on…
1Opinion of the CourtColeman, J.
— The principal purpose of the present bill was to obtain an accounting from Robert E. Coxe, the president of the complainant corporation, the Gas Light Company. The averments of the bill show that he was elected its president about the year 1870, aud has been continued in office as its president ever since, and *375was such at the filing of the bill. It shows that during all of this period he has virtually controlled the management of the business, received all its income, and made all disbursements. The bill specifies many items claimed as credits by Robert E. Coxe, which are averred to have…
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