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managers and officers of the corporation,—to wit, David Reeves, the
president, John Griifn, director and superintendent, and William S.
Reeves, director and assistant supe1*intendent,—who as such members
of said firm make large profits at the expense of the corporation, by
means of unlawful contracts which they as such managers and oiiicers
enter into, to the prejudice of the corporation; that the plaintiff has
sought information respecting the affairs of the company—the sal-
aries paid to its officers, and the character of its dealings with the
said nrm, but the defendants, members of the said family, or subject
to its control, have combined to keep him in ignorance,°by withhold-
ing such information and refusing access to books and papers from
which it might be obtained; that the plaintiff attended a meeting of
stockholders and there sought redress, but that his efforts were ren-
dered fruitless by reason of the conduct of the defendants, who com-
bined against himlfor that purpose. .
The foregoing statement embraces legitimate ground for equita- ‘
ble interference;-i.n· substance, that the defendants, members of one
family, and principal owners of the stock, have unlawfully combined
to abstract the property of the corporation andapply it to their own
use in the form of salaries, and profits of the firm of Clarke, Reeves &
Co., and to keep the plaintiff in ignorance of their transactions in
this respect. To this extent, audto this only, the bill must be
allowed to stand. ;» ‘ l A
So much of the demurrer as relates to the first, second, third, and
seventh prayers of the bill, and the statements- touching the same, is
‘ therefore sustained. As respects all other causes of demurrer as-
signed, the said demurrer is overruled, without prejudice, however,
·to the defendants hereafter. ‘ ·
A. C. & A. B. Tnmnwnnn & Co. v. Auano-Amtmcm Psoxme C0. _
Fowmm Baornmzs v. A. C. & A. B. Tmnnwmm. & Oo.
(Odrcuit Court, W. D. Tennessee. July 26,1882.)
1. s.u.as—Tmms or Conrnscr-•*Cuamn Ma.·.•r.•’ - . »
Where asale of "cured meat " was made by a. broker to e merchant at Mem-
phis, that term is to be interpreted according to the understanding. of the trade
at Memphis, and not according to that where the seller resided, if there be any
‘ substantial difference between the two. · ' ‘ .