Kingsley v. English

Hilton, Justice.

In June, 1918, the Thompson Construction Company, a Minnesota corporation, was incorporated by H. J. Thompson, Lewis E. Streater, and Frank J. Morley. Its principal place of business was Darwin, Minnesota, and its sole purpose was to finance Thompson in a contracting business. The defendant English was majority stockholder and chief executive officer of the Midland Lumber & Coal Company, which owned and operated a chain of retail lumber yards throughout this territory. His company furnished Thompson with lumber and building materials, and for this reason apparently defendant…