Murtha v. Steijskal

CROSS, Chief Judge.

Plaintiffs-appellants, William H. Murtha and Dorothy Murtha, his wife, individually and as stockholders on behalf of Tahiti Lounge, Inc., a Florida corporation, appeal a final order entered in favor of the defendant, Jerry L. Steijskal, dismissing plaintiffs’ complaint with prejudice in a cause of action against the defendant, a receiver. We reverse.

Omitting those parts of plaintiffs’ complaint which are formal and superfluous, the complaint alleges the following. For some time prior to 1965 the plaintiffs and another party were associated in business as stockholders in the…