Dickinson v. Kline

In 1904 a corporation was organized under the laws of this state called the Omaha & Nebraska Central Railway, with an authorized corporate stock of $1,500,000. In 1908 John W. Ege, a stockholder of the company, began an action in the district court for Douglas county against the corporation, and, alleging gross misconduct on the part of the corporation and its officers, asked for the appointment of a receiver and an accounting. This plaintiff, Charles T. Dickinson, was by the court appointed as receiver for the corporation, and afterwards claims were allowed by the court in favor of certain…