McDermott v. Pentress Gas Co.
West Virginia Supreme Court
Appeal from Circuit Court, Monongalia County. Suit by Joseph H. McDermott against the Pentress Cas Company and others. Decree for plaintiff, and the Pentress Gas Company and others appeal, and moved to reverse under Barnes Code 1916, c. 135, § 26 (Code Snpp. 1918, c. 135, § 26 [sec. 5006]).
1Opinion of the Court
Lynch, Judge:
This case is before us upon a motion to reverse, a motion authorized by section 26, chapter 135, Code 1916. The plaintiff, a stockholder and an alleged creditor, brought this suit and in his bill prayed for the appointment of a special receiver of the property of Pentress Gas Company, a corporation, of which he was president and general manager, and named numerous defendants thereto, some of whom are the Owners of mortgage bonds which are liens upon the property and others who represent the bondholders by their authority and still others whose interests are set out in that…
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