Wayne Pike Co. v. Hammons

Coffey, J. —

This was an action by the appellees, as stockholders in the Wayne Pike Company, a gravel road corporation organized under the laws of this State, against said company and Alonzo L. Jaqua, James B. Jaqua, Judson A. Jaqua, Christopher S. Arthur and Daniel Miller, as the officers of said corporation, to compel an accounting, and to obtain the appointment of a receiver.

Among other things, the first paragraph of the complaint alleges that after the construction of the gravel road the defendant Alonzo L. Jaqua became the owner of one hundred and seventy-five shares of the capital stock…