Cairns v. Bethea

SAYRE J.

Complainant, appellee, averring his ownership of stock in the Jasper Coal & Coke Company, a corporation, exhibited this bill against the corporation and T. C. Cairns, praying that the corporation be dissolved; that its property be sold under decree of the court and the proceeds distributed among its stockholders. The joint and separate demurrers of defendants was overruled, and they have appealed.

Defendant corporation was formed in 1886. This bill was filed, we infer, in August, 1923, but the transcript of the record fails to show the date of filing. It avers that defendant Cairns…