Sohland v. Baker

delivering the opinion of the Court:

The complainant, a stockholder in the Bankers Mortgage Company, sought in the court below to enforce certain alleged corporate rights of that company against the appellants, Alfred Soh-land and Dora Sohland. The bill filed made the Sohlands and the Bankers Mortgage Company parties defendant.

The right of the complainant to file his bill having been challenged, that question will be considered first. As a general rule, a cause of action belonging to a corporation can be asserted only by such corporation by a suit in the corporate name. Conditions may,…