Loan Society v. Eavenson
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 407, Jan. T., 1912, by plaintiff, from decree of C. P. No. 1, Philadelphia Co., In Equity, Dec. T., 1911, No. 893, dismissing bill in case of The Loan Society of Philadelphia, a corporation of the State of Delaware, v. Marvin M. Eavenson, John Wills, J. Wesley Bowen, Franklin P. Dickinson, Samuel C. Mead, Charles A. Soars, S. D. Townsend, Jr., Charles H. Jacobs, Henry A. Fry, Samuel Davis, Joseph F. Cotter, Frederick B. Driver and Joseph E. Sagebeer.
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Appeal, No. 407, Jan. T., 1912, by plaintiff, from decree of C. P. No. 1, Philadelphia Co., In Equity, Dec. T., 1911, No. 893, dismissing bill in case of The Loan Society of Philadelphia, a corporation of the State of Delaware, v. Marvin M. Eavenson, John Wills, J. Wesley Bowen, Franklin P. Dickinson, Samuel C. Mead, Charles A. Soars, S. D. Townsend, Jr., Charles H. Jacobs, Henry A. Fry, Samuel Davis, Joseph F. Cotter, Frederick B. Driver and Joseph E. Sagebeer. Bill in equity against the former officers and directors of a corporation, charging mismanagement. Before Magill, J. The opinion of…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Mestrezat,
The Loan Society of Philadelphia is a corporation chartered September 3,1908, under the laws of the State *67of Delaware with authority to loan money on collateral security. Its principal place of business is in the City of Philadelphia where, since its organization, the society has carried on the business for which it was incorporated. On December 7, 1911, it filed this bill in equity against the defendants, seven of whom appeared and filed answers, one filed a demurrer which was sustained, and Mead and four others filed neither demurrer nor answer to the bill.…
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