Elkins v. Davis Colliery Co.

Hatcher, Judge:

The circuit court overruled demurrers to several petitions seeking to recover from Mrs. Hallie D. Elkins the expenses of a receivership, sustained demurrers to her answer to the petitions, and then certified to this court the sufficiency of the pleadings.

The petitions were filed in the chancery suit of Mrs. Elkins v. Davis Colliery Company et al. The record in that suit shows that it was instituted on June 9, 1928; that Davis Colliery Company (hereinafter called the Company) was then heavily involved financially (though not theoretically insolvent according to the hill); that…