Green River Manufacturing Co. v. Bell

The question of law is this: Are the deeds, lease and option executed to the defendant void or voidable at the election of the company without reference to the adequacy of the consideration or the absence of fraud?

The plaintiff contends that the conveyances referred to, the lease and the option are void by reason of the fact that the deeds were executed in the name of the plaintiff by J. O. Bell, vice-president of the plaintiff company, to E. D. Bell, secretary of plaintiff company, and that by virtue of this fiduciary relationship the attempted conveyances are void.

The effect of conveyances…