Sielcken-Schwarz v. American Factors, Ltd.

Paul Isenberg, the plaintiff’s father, was an officer and large stockholder of H. Háckfeld & Co., Ltd., a corporation organized under the laws of Hawaii and which conducted there the business of sugar-factor agent, general merchandising and related enterprises. He was also an executive officer and owned a substantial stock interest in a number of corporations owning or maintaining sugar plantations, which were represented by H. Hackfeld & Co. as factor. Paul Isenberg died in 1903. Under his will his wife received one-third of the shares owned by him in these' corporations, and his eight…