Nash v. Elizabeth City Hospital Co.
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Civil actioe, beard, on demurrer to the complaint, before Bond, J., at August Term, 1920, of Pasquotane. There was judgment overruling the demurrer, and defendant excepted and appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtHoke, J.
The action is instituted by plaintiffs, two of the minority stockholders of defendant corporation in behalf of themselves and such other stockholders as may desire to make themselves parties, and after definite averment of demand and refusal on the part of the corporation to bring suit, the complaint in effect alleges: That the defendant corporation having offered its principal property for sale at public auction in Elizabeth City, the same was bid off by the codefendant, Dr. John Saliba, at $5,700, a grossly inadequate price, and a deed made to him by the company, which he now holds. The…
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