Corey v. Wadsworth
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the City Court of Decatur, sitting in equity. Heard before the Hon'. W. H. Simpson. The bill in this case was filed by the appellee, "W. W. Wadsworth, on January 20, 1891, against the appellant, Lorenzo Corey, and the Decatur Building Supply Company.
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Appeal from the City Court of Decatur, sitting in equity. Heard before the Hon'. W. H. Simpson. The bill in this case was filed by the appellee, "W. W. Wadsworth, on January 20, 1891, against the appellant, Lorenzo Corey, and the Decatur Building Supply Company. The prayer of the bill was to have a pretended sale and transfer, by the Decatur Building Supply Company to the defendant Corey, set aside as fraudulent and void, and that the said Corey be required to account for the value of the assets of the said Building Supply Company, transferred to, appropriated and converted by him. The facts…
1Opinion of the CourtStone, C. J.
The present case is an appeal from an interlocutory order of the City Court, sitting in equity, by which Corey’s demurrer to Wadsworth’s bill was overruled. The case presents a question of very grave importance to the commercial world.
The substantial facts of the case made by the bill are as follows:
At a time anterior to the latter part of the year 1887, “The Decatur Building Supply Company” was incorporated under the general laws of Alabama, Decatur being the place of its business habitation. Wadsworth, the complainant, at various times between the latter part of the year 1887 and May 19,…
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