Gorrill ex rel. Chelsea Oil & Gas Co. v. Greenlees
Supreme Court of Kansas
Appeal from Douglas district court; Charles A. Smart, judge.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
West, J.:
The Chelsea Oil and Gas Company was organized under the laws of Arizona, capitalized at $1,000,000, divided into one million shares.’ Mr. Greenless was one of the organizers and one of the largest stockholders, but by 1912 he had transferred his holdings and was not a stockholder or director. He had organized or assisted- in organizing four or five "other oil companies, and negotiations were had looking to a sale of all these properties to an English syndicate; and,after various attempts and failures, an arrangement was made by which the…
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