Cowell v. McMillin
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern Division of the Western District of Washington. > In Equity. Suit by Ernest V. Cowell against John S. McMillin and the Tacoma & Roche Harbor Lime Company. Decree for defendants, and complainant appeals.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern Division of the Western District of Washington. > In Equity. Suit by Ernest V. Cowell against John S. McMillin and the Tacoma & Roche Harbor Lime Company. Decree for defendants, and complainant appeals. Ernest V. Cowell, a citizen of California, sued John S. McMillin and the Tacoma & Boche Harbor Lime Company, a coloration doing a large business making and selling lime at Boche Harbor, on the island of San Juan, Wash. The corporation has a capital stock of 1,000 shares of the par value of $100 each. The bill alleges, in…
1Opinion of the CourtHunt, District Judge
(after stating the facts as above). Stuify of the pleadings already substantially stated, and of the testimony heard, discloses that the main point in this casé relates to the license to use the patent barrel machine with which the defendant corporation made the barrels it used for the shipment of its lime product from Roche Harbor. Addressing themselves to this matter, counsel for complainants earnestly contend that, when the facts are ascertained, it will appear that McMillin, a corporate officer, was guilty of fraud; that he violated his trust by leasing and purchasing the property of the…
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