McCORMICK & COMPANY v. BEDFORD INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATED

Civ. No. 20575.

301 F.Supp. 29 (1969)

McCORMICK & COMPANY, Incorporated, a body corporate of the State of Maryland v. BEDFORD INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATED, a body corporate of the Commonwealth of Virginia, successor to and formerly known as Childers Foods, Incorporated, a body corporate of the Commonwealth of Virginia; Earl L. Childers, individually and as director and stockholder of Bedford Industries, Inc.; Ethel Y. Childers, individually and as director and stockholder of Bedford Industries, Inc.; Marion Young, as director of Bedford Industries, Inc.; Eliza Childers, as stockholder of Bedford Industries, Inc.

United States District Court D. Maryland.

June 25, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William L. Marbury, Joseph H. Young and Paul V. Niemeyer, Baltimore, Md., for plaintiff.

Norman P. Ramsey and Cleaveland D. Miller, Baltimore, Md., for defendants.


THOMSEN, Chief Judge.

In this civil action plaintiff seeks rescission of a contract of sale and modification thereof, return of certain stock and damages, alleging that fraudulent representations by defendants induced plaintiff to make the contract. The principal contract was between McCormick & Company, Inc. (plaintiff) on the one hand and three of the defendants, Earl Childers, his wife Ethel and Childers Foods, Inc., on the other. Earl's mother Eliza, a stockholder...

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