Chipola Valley Realty Co. v. Griffin

This is a suit by a corporation against a former superintendent and a former director, to declare a trust and to require an accounting of the proceeds received from certain timber which was sold by the corporation to the superintendent in 1916. There were several other defendants, who were alleged to have purchased part of the timber or rights incident thereto, from the superintendent.

Answers were filed on behalf of the superintendent and the director of the corporation. The complainant corporation took testimony by deposition. The defendants presented no testimony. The bill was dismissed on…