Shockley v. Sander’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 federal appellate · 2 state decisions

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1. “Shockley also called Harry A. Sander as a witness. Sander testified that he had no work orders or documents sent to Shockley that had a Middlewest Realty or H.A.S. Investments, Inc. letterhead on them and that he had never told Shockley that Shockley was doing business with H.A.S. Investments, Inc. He stated that although all memoranda for services to be rendered were communicated to Shockley on Harry Sander Realty Company letterhead, the requests were actually issued by H.A.S. Investments, Inc. Further, H.A.S. Investments, Inc. paid for all memos, letterheads and supplies of Harry Sander Realty Company and Middlewest Realty, Inc., H.A.S. Investments, Inc.’s successor corporation, paid the franchise tax for Harry Sander Realty Company. While Harry Sander Realty Company had a telephone listing, it never maintained a bank account, never had any employees, never maintained any assets to offset its debts, and had never done any business. Sander concluded his testimony by stating that payments made to Shockley for plumbing service were issued on checks by H.A.S. Investments, Inc. These checks, marked as exhibits, were never received into evidence. Id. at 420 .”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Shockley v. Harry Sander Realty Co., Inc.

2. “While Shockley’s recourse against the proper party defendants is barred by the statute of limitations in this separate legal action, he may have recourse by way of a creditor’s bill, a rarely used but flexible equitable remedy, against these defendants to enforce execution of his judgment in the original action. Id. at 421 .”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Shockley v. Harry Sander Realty Co., Inc.