Beggs v. Edison Electric Illuminating Co.
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from tlae City Court of Birmingham, in Equity. Heard before the Hon. W. W. "WilkersoN. The bill in this case was filed b}r the Edison Electric Illuminating Company, a corporation, against Hamilton T. Beggs; and it alleged that said Beggs had been the treasurer and general manager of the Merchants Electric Light and Power Company, a corporation, before the consolidation of that company with the complainant; that, as such treasurer and general manager, he received and…
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Appeal from tlae City Court of Birmingham, in Equity. Heard before the Hon. W. W. "WilkersoN. The bill in this case was filed b}r the Edison Electric Illuminating Company, a corporation, against Hamilton T. Beggs; and it alleged that said Beggs had been the treasurer and general manager of the Merchants Electric Light and Power Company, a corporation, before the consolidation of that company with the complainant; that, as such treasurer and general manager, he received and disbursed all the moneys and other property of said company, and transacted all its business; that he has not accounted…
1Opinion of the Court
STONE, O. J.
Courts of equity bave, for a long time, exercised a general jurisdiction in cases of mutual accounts founded in privity, upon tbe ground of tbe inadequacy of tbe remedy afforded by tbe common law. And tbis equitable interposition lias been extended until equity will now entertain suits for accounts in matters wbich were formerly only cognizable at law. Tlie ancient common-law action of account being so imperfect in its processes, and so inadequate in its remedies, jurisdiction in sucb matters was originally given to equity, for tbe reason tbat tbe common law courts could not give…
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