Hoch v. Duluth Brewing & Malting Co.

Plaintiff appeals from the order sustaining a demurrer to his complaint. The main facts alleged in the complaint may be summarized thus:

From 1900 to 1922 plaintiff was the principal stockholder, the president, the general manager, and a member of the board of directors of the defendant, a corporation engaged in the manufacture and sale of malt beverages; that T. F. Mackmiller, a customer of defendant, was indebted to it in a large amount in 1905 and unable to pay the same; that as active manager of defendant’s business plaintiff secured this indebtedness by obtaining a conveyance from…