Virginia-Carolina Chemical Co. v. Ehrich
District Court, E.D. South Carolina
In Equity. Bill by the Virginia-Carolina Chemical Company against I* S. Ehrich and others, seeking to charge defendants, managing officers and directors of the Rosemary Mercantile Company, Incorporated, with personal liability for misapplication by the corporation of funds held as agent or trustee of plaintiff. Decree for plaintiff against certain defendants, and bill dismissed as to the other defendants.
1Opinion of the Court
CONNOR, District Judge.
The plaintiff, which will be referred to as the “Chemical Company,” is a New Jersey corporation- engaged in the manufacture and sale of commercial fertilizers. During the year 1910, and prior thereto, it maintained an agency in the state of South Carolina, for the purpose of making contracts for the sale of its manufactured products. The Rosemary Mercantile Company, which will be referred to as the “Mercantile Company,” was a corporation created and organized under and pursuant to the laws of South Carolina, with power to conduct a general mercantile business, buying…
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