Kelly v. Thomas
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 237, Oct. T., 1911, by plaintiff from decree of C. P. No. 4, Allegheny Co., Second Term, 1910, No. 348, dismissing bill in equity in case of William J. Kelly v. George W. Thomas, Martha A. Friend et al., Executors of the Estate of James W. Friend, deceased, F. N. Hoffstott, C. Jutte & Company, a Pennsylvania corporation, and Mississippi River Coaling Company, a Louisiana corporation.
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Appeal, No. 237, Oct. T., 1911, by plaintiff from decree of C. P. No. 4, Allegheny Co., Second Term, 1910, No. 348, dismissing bill in equity in case of William J. Kelly v. George W. Thomas, Martha A. Friend et al., Executors of the Estate of James W. Friend, deceased, F. N. Hoffstott, C. Jutte & Company, a Pennsylvania corporation, and Mississippi River Coaling Company, a Louisiana corporation. Bill in equity for an accounting and payment to the plaintiff of all moneys due from sales of coal made by certain of the defendants which should have accrued to the benefit of the Mississippi River…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
by Mr. Justice Moschzisker,
The material facts in this case fully appear in the opinion of the court below published in connection herewith. The plaintiff alleged that the defendants, as officers of the Mississippi Biver Coaling Company (referred to by the court below as the “Dock Company”) had refused to enforce certain contracts against another corporation known as C. Jutte & Co., in which they were interested as stockholders and officers; that they had neglected to secure other valuable contracts for the Coaling Company; that they had failed to keep the property of said company in…
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