Jacob v. Uncle Sam Planting & Mfg. Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Twenty-Seventh Judicial District Court, Parish of St. James; Philip H. Gilbert, Judge. Suit by Adele Jacob for appointment of a receiver of the Uncle Sam Planting & Manufacturing Company. Petition by Jules J. Jacob, Jr., and others for removal of the receiver. From a judgment for the petitioners, the receiver appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtDawkins, J.
As originally instituted, this was a suit for the appointing of a receiver to the defendant corporation. The application alleged the company to be amply solvent, and the owner of property valued largely in excess of its liabilities, but, because of the condition of the money market, it was unable to obtain advances for its planting operations for the year 1914; that it was unable to meet its obligations, and, in view of a resolution by its board of directors to that effect, a receiver should be appointed. The corporation, through its president, appeared 'and admitted the averments of the…
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