In re Dixie Splint Coal Co.’s Empirical Analysis
1937
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
1
states following
May 1964
most recently cited
1 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Lesser v. Gray · Pepper v. Dixie Splint Coal Co. · Baird v. Smith · Chandler v. Thompson · Smith v. Litton
Most-quoted passages
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“"* * * In all the experience of the law, there has never been a more prolific breeder of fraud than the one-man corporation. It is a favorite device for the escape of personal liability. This case illustrates another frequent use of the fiction of corporate entity, whereby the owner of the corporation, through his complete control over it, undertakes to gather to himself all of its assets to the exclusion of its creditors."”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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