Brown v. Bedford City Land & Improvement Co.
Supreme Court of Virginia
Appeal from a decree of tlie Circuit Court of Bedford county, pronounced June 20, 1892, in a suit in cliancery wherein the appellants were the complainants, and the appellees were the defendants.
1Opinion of the Court
Keith, P.,
delivered the opinion of the court.
This is a bill in equity brought by B. Lee Brown and sixtvtwo other stockholders of the Bedford City Land and Improvement Company, on behalf of themselves and all other stockholders similarly situated, and all other creditors of said company who should come into the suit by petition and contribute to the cost thereof.
*33They state that a charter was granted by the legislature of Yirginia, under the name of the Bedford City Land and Improvement Company, to S. Griffin and others, and complain that they were induced to subscribe to the stock of said…
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