Penn Cigar Co. v. Friedberg
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 35, April T., 1920, by defendant, Friedberg, from decree of C. P. Allegheny County, April T., 1915, No. 327, sitting in equity in the case of The Penn Cigar Company, a corporation, by J. M. Harring, President; Frank Eubenstein, Trading as Crystal Leaf Tobacco Company; Joseph Wasser, J. Segal, D. Laderman and J. Schalter, Partners Trading under the Name of Webster Stogie Company, and Max Enelow, in Their Own Behalf, and in Behalf of Other Stockholders of the Cuban…
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Appeal, No. 35, April T., 1920, by defendant, Friedberg, from decree of C. P. Allegheny County, April T., 1915, No. 327, sitting in equity in the case of The Penn Cigar Company, a corporation, by J. M. Harring, President; Frank Eubenstein, Trading as Crystal Leaf Tobacco Company; Joseph Wasser, J. Segal, D. Laderman and J. Schalter, Partners Trading under the Name of Webster Stogie Company, and Max Enelow, in Their Own Behalf, and in Behalf of Other Stockholders of the Cuban American Cigar Company Who May Wish to Join Herein, v. Abe Friedberg and Jacob Sloan. Bill in equity for a discovery…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Keller, J.,
The plaintiffs, as stockholders of the Cuban American Cigar Company, a corporation, filed a bill in equity against the defendants, praying for a discovery and accounting of certain insurance and salvage moneys which had come into their hands as treasurer and president of said corporation, respectively, following the destruction by fire of the company’s plant, and which, it was alleged, they had failed to pay or account for to the corporation.
The defendants made separate answers and subsequently, pursuant to a decree of the court, filed separate accounts. Exceptions were…
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- Wolf v. ChristmanSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1902
- Helb v. HakeSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1902
- Boyd v. MillerSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1914