Webb v. Duvall

The facts in this case, as they appear in the record, chiefly in a stipulation of counsel, with some brief testimony, may be stated, so far as necessary to a decision herein, as follows:

The National Wholesale Liquor Company, a corporation, was engaged in the rectification of spirits, its plant being located in Baltimore County. For some time prior to March, 1937, the affairs of the company had not been progressing' with financial success, resulting in the formation of a creditors’ committee, which committee designated Charles A. Webb, the appellant, as its representative to manage and operate…