Legal Opinion
Speakman v. Bernstein
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided June 8, 1932No. 6437PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SIBLEY, Circuit Judge.
Speakman, as trustee in bankruptcy of Tex-1 a-horna Oil Corporation, sued Bernstein as a former director to recover the amount of dividends declared and paid when the corporation had no net profits. A former suit between the same parties to recover among, other things the same dividends terminated after full trial adversely to Speakman by a judgment of the Supreme Court of Louisi-. ana, Smalley v. Bernstein, 165 La. 1,115 So. 347, and that judgment was pleaded as res. judicata and the plea sustained. Speakman appeals. Bernstein having died pending the appeal, his…
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