Legal Opinion
Schwob Manufacturing Company v. Huiet
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided March 19, 1943No. 29985PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSutton, J.
1. While upon equitable principles the legal entity of a corporation may be disregarded when it is the mere alter ego or business conduit of an individual, or when the motion of its legal entity is used to defeat public conveniences, justify wrong, protect fraud, or defend crime (1 Fletcher’s Cyc. Cor. 135), still it is the general rule that although one person owns all the stopk of a corporation, he and the corporation are in law two separate and distinct persons. Shingler v. Shingler, 184 Ga. 671, 672 (3) (192 S. E. 824); Independent Gasoline Co. v. Bureau of Unemployment Com., 190 Ga. 613,…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- New Colonial Ice Co. v. HelveringSupreme Court of the United States · 1934
- Shingler v. ShinglerSupreme Court of Georgia · 1937
- Independent Gasoline Co. v. Bureau of Unemployment CompensationSupreme Court of Georgia · 1940
3Cited by20 opinions
- Jones v. Cranman's Sporting GoodsCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1977
- Inn Operations, Inc. v. River Hills Motor Inn Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1967
- Packard Clothes Inc. v. Director of the Division of Employment SecurityMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1945
- Midtown Properties, Inc. v. George F. Richardson, Inc.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1976
- Condenser Service & Engineering Co. v. Brunswick Port AuthorityCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1953
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