Lyle v. Sarvey
Supreme Court of Virginia
Appeal from a decree of the Corporation Court of the city of Roanoke in a suit in chancery. Decree in favor of creditors against the receiver of the court. Receiver appeals. The opfinion states the case.
1Opinion of the Court
Whittle, L,
delivered the opinion of the court.
The primary purpose of this suit was to wind up the affairs of the Charles Lyle Drug Company, a corporation engaged in the retail drug business in the city of Roanoke, to pay its indebtedness, and distribute the surplus assets among the stockholders.
The plaintiff, Mrs. A. E. Sarvey, and her two sons, Charles and Edward Lyle, constituted the principal stockholders. Charles Lyle was a druggist, and the president and general manager of the company, and Edward Lyle the attorney who brought the suit, representing both plaintiff and defendant. The…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Spoor v. TilsonSupreme Court of Virginia · 1899
3Cited by1 opinion
- Taylor v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1919