West Side Telephone Co. v. Kenison

The record in this case shows that the West Side Telephone Company, was organized in July, 1910, having the usual powers of a stock company engaged in conducting a rural telephone system. Sometime in the year 1913, the appellant W. S. Eidge and family became the owners of about three-fourths of the outstanding capital stock, and thereafter the affairs of the company were conducted largely by W. S. Eidge and members of his family as officers and employees of the company.

In 1920, an action was commenced by one Luther and wife against the West Side Telephone Company to recover damages for…