Whaley v. King
Tennessee Supreme Court
FROM SULLIVAN. Appeal from the Chancery Court of Sullivan County. —Hon. Hal H. Haynes, Chancellor.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Greek
delivered, the opinion of the Court.
The Bristol China Company is a Tennessee corporation, whose affairs are being wound up in the bankruptcy court at Bristol. The complainant, Irving Whaley, is its trustee in bankruptcy.
E. W. King subscribed to fifty shares of the capital stock of this corporation, of the par value of $5,000. Some time later he entered into a transaction with the corporation whereby the latter undertook to purchase from him these shares of its own stock. This suit is brought by the trustee to recover from King the amount of money paid to him on account of this attempted…
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