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PEYSER v. OWEN

No. 7519.

116 F.2d 298 (1940)

PEYSER v. OWEN et al.

United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

Decided November 12, 1940.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William E. Richardson, of Washington, D. C., for appellant.

Walter M. Bastian and Albert F. Adams, both of Washington, D. C., for appellees.

Before GRONER, Chief Justice, and MILLER and RUTLEDGE, Associate Justices.

GRONER, C. J.

This is an action by the receiver of the Montgomery Building and Loan Association, a District of Columbia corporation, against thirty of its former directors for mismanagement and depletion of capital. The complaint charges a general scheme to defraud investors, initiated by certain named promoters and original directors, as the result of which a large sum of money is claimed to have been diverted from the corporation to those individuals and as dividends...

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