Crosby Milling Co. v. Grant

Upon resolution of its stockholders and by direction of its officers the hill, in the nature of a general creditor’s bill, was filed by the Company. The prayer was for a receiver, an injunction against separate suits by' creditors, a sale of all the corporate property and a settlement of its affairs as an insolvent corporation. The bill was filed in Hamblen county where a number of the creditors resided, but the corporate situs, the business location and all the real estate lay in Jefferson county.'

The defendant, Mossy Creek Bank, a creditor and resident of Jefferson county, challenged the…