Legal Opinion
Langham, Langston & Burnett v. Thomas B. Blanchard, Trustee of the Estate of Lone Star Sulphur Corporation, Bankrupt
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided August 15, 1957No. 16498PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JONES, Circuit Judge.
Lone Star Sulphur Corporation was organized to exploit a supposed sulphur deposit on land leased to it. Wells had been drilled. ■ No sulphur in paying quantities had been produced. The company had ceased operation. It was without funds and without credit. Efforts of management of the corporation to raise additional money to continue the efforts to produce sulphur had been unsuccessful. Such was the plight of the company on December 20, 1954. On that day the appellant, Langham, Langston & Burnett, a partnership, instituted suit against the company in the district court of…
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