IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI
, PLAINTIFF VS. CAUSE NO.
, Individually,
and D.B.A. ,
DEFENDANT COMPLAINT
COMES NOW Plaintiff , by and through counsel, and files this Complaint against
Defendant, , individually and against D.B.A. , and, in support hereof, sta tes as
follows:
PARTIES
1. Plaintiff is an adult resident citizen of County, Mississippi.
2. Defendant is an adult resident citizen of County, Mississippi who
may be served with service of process by this Court at the following address: , , MS
.
RELEVANT FACTS
3. Some time prior to , , Defendant began doing business
as and engaged in the business for commercial and residential clients.
4. During the same approximate time frame, Plaintiff was engaged in the
operation of a business commonly known as .
5. On or about , , the Mississippi Secretary of State accepted
Articles of Incorporation for (" "). 's officers were as follows: ,
President/Secretary and , Vice President/Treasurer. In addition, 's registered agent
was who utilized the following address in his/her capacity as registered a gent: ,
, MS .
6. On or about , , President/Secretary of , withdrew from the
corporation. However, on , , a Bill of Sale was executed betwe en ("
") and (" ") which effectively transferred to the ( ) interest in
formerly owned by . transferred to , Vice President of , the
sum of $ for this ( ) interest in . A true and correct copy of the Bill of
Sale is attached hereto as Composite Exhibit " ".
7. In return for capital contribution, represented to that
would immediately issue an appropriate amount of common stock to i n order that
$ investment would be officially recognized in 's corporate records.
refused/failed to issue any common stock to even though made numerous
demands on to do so.
8. In addition to the cash involved in the purchase of the interest of ,
also agreed to merge his/her existing business with . To effectuate such
agreement, brought his/her clients, equipment and goodwill into the corporation and
allowed , as a principal of , a ( ) interest in a ll of the clients, assets,
equipment, accounts and goodwill brought into the corporation. , at all ti mes
pertinent hereto, shared in the income generated from the business. , i n return for
actions, agreed to cause a cash payment of $ to be made to . As with the
corporate stock, failed/refused to make any payments toward the $ owing t o
although , as a principal of , accepted, used and exercised general c ontrol over the
customer list and all the assets placed at disposal.
9. Although operated in good faith by honoring all written and oral
agreements with , successfully created and operated a scheme whereby
represented that would take the above described actions regarding busine ss
interests when no such actions were ever contemplated by or authorized by .
Actually , as the only remaining principal of , failed to maint ain any corporate
formalities as required by law including but not limited to the failure to fil e annual franchise
taxes, maintain corporate minutes and the failure to execute any corporate resolut ions giving
the power to buy and sell assets on behalf of or to enter into contracts on it s behalf.
Furthermore, was responsible for withholding employee taxes which directly created a tax
liability in the approximate amount of $ for and, in addition, established
separate bank accounts other than that maintained by in which pl aced corporate
and/or partnership funds which were never accounted to although owned a
( ) interest in the assets of .
10. On , , communicated with and defined t heir prior
business relations as those relative to a general partnership, not a corporation. Furthermore, declared the partnership to be dissolved and that he/she would continue the busine ss
as " D.B.A. “ ” without the assistance of .
11. 's fraudulent conduct forced to withdraw from his/her association
with / and, on , , demanded by and through his/he r attorney that
he/she be repaid his/her initial investment of $ , together with a share of the profits,
receivables, and other corporate assets existing at the time of his/her withdrawal. In addition,
certain equipment, accounts and goodwill for which was to be compensated in t he amount
of $ remained with / and, accordingly, requested payment of reasonable
compensation based on the influx of clients, assets and equipment to , as a pri ncipal of
. failed and/or refused to meet any of demands.
12. On or about , , the Mississippi Secretary of State
administratively dissolved and on this date, was the only principa l holding any
position and/or title with .
13. To date, has failed/refused to honor any and all contracts/agreements with
, failed and/or refused to repay any sums demanded by and has failed and/or refused
to return any equipment rightfully owned by subsequent to the upon the dissolution of and/or any alleged general partnership.
COUNT I
BREACH OF CONTRACT
14. Plaintiff adopts, realleges and incorporates his/her allegations set forth i n
Paragraphs 1-13 of this Complaint.
15. The above and foregoing actions of Defendant give rise to a cause of action
for breach of contract as breached his/her contract with by failing to issue to
corporate stock in to officially reflect capital contribution to . In addition,
breached his/her oral contract with by accepting a ( ) i nterest in
equipment, accounts, customer lists, etc. without the commensurate payment of $ to
as due and owing under their contract.
16. All of the foregoing conduct constitutes a breach of contract, which has resulted
in damages to .
COUNT II
BREACH OF GOOD FAITH AND FAIR DEALING
17. Plaintiff adopts, realleges and incorporates his/her allegations set forth i n
Paragraphs 1-16 of this Complaint.
18. The above and foregoing actions of Defendant give rise to a cause of action
for breach of fiduciary duty, good faith and fair dealing as was principal of and/or
was a general partner with Plaintiff in a business.
19. has intentionally breached all contracts with and in so doing
evidenced an intent never to have honored his/her agreements with in spite of direct,
affirmative, representations to that those agreements should be honored, all of whic h has
resulted in damage to .
COUNT III
TORTIOUS INTERFERENCE
20. Plaintiff adopts, realleges and incorporates his/her allegations set forth in
Paragraphs 1-19 of this Complaint.
21. The above and foregoing actions of Defendant give rise to a cause of action
for tortious interference with prospective business relations and/or tortious interference with
contract as intentionally misrepresented his/her relationship with in order to gain an
interest in customer list, equipment, accounts and inventory. Al l of the foregoing
has specifically caused damage, including but not limited to, monetary dam ages in an
amount not less than $ .
22. has misappropriated and converted clients, physical assets and funds
and in so doing interfered with ability to serve clients generated, mainta ined and serviced
by prior to his/her association with .
COUNT IVFRAUD
23. Plaintiff adopts, realleges and incorporates his/her allegations set forth i n
Paragraphs 1-22 of this Complaint.
24. The above and foregoing actions of Defendant gives rise to a cause of
action for fraud due to the knowing and intentional misrepresentations made by to
regarding the issuance of corporate stock and also regarding 's misrepresentati ons
concerning the $ payment for 's interest in equipment in the following
particulars:
(a) On or about , , was offered an interest in a business
represented by to be a Mississippi corporation;
(b) On or about , , was told that he/she would be issued
stock in the corporation;
(c) On or about , , was induced to pay $ based on an
affirmative representation that the payment would cause the purchase of assets and issua nce of
stock of the company to ;
(d) On or about , , was promised that would purchase
( ) of the assets of for $ ;
(e) All of the foregoing representations were made by to induce to
furnish $ in cash, physical assets, client list, good will and all other assets of
business;
(f) All of the foregoing affirmative representations caused to share (
) of all profits and were generated by business with ;
(g) At the time of the foregoing affirmative representations, had no intention
of meeting his/her obligations to ;
(h) At the time of affirmative representations, misrepresented the corporate
status of and 's value as a going concern and/or 's ability to issue stock;
(i) All of the foregoing representations were for the sole purpose of enticing to
transfer his/her interest in cash and other assets to ; and
(j) All of the foregoing representations constitute fraud and have resulted in damages
to .
COUNT V
CONVERSION
25. Plaintiff adopts, realleges and incorporates his/her allegations set forth i n
Paragraphs 1-24 of this Complaint.
26. The above and foregoing actions of Defendant give rise to a cause of action
for conversion of ownership interests regarding the subject equipment, accounts and
related monetary proceeds as forced out of his/her association with and/or
the general partnership and caused such business organizations to be dissolved without any
payment and/or return of equipment to and as retained such proceeds and
equipment irrespective of ( ) interest in such assets.
27. has continued to use assets, equipment, capital and goodwill of to
generate income to himself/herself, having appropriated these assets to his/her own use a nd
benefit. is entitled to an award of ( ) of the income gene rated by since
was forced from the business association, plus an award of punitive damages and
attorney's fees.
COUNT VI
28. Plaintiff adopts, realleges and incorporates his/her allegations set forth i n
Paragraphs 1-27 of this Complaint.
29. The above and foregoing actions of Defendant give the remedy of
“accounting” against for the converted proceeds and/or equipment by indi vidually
and/or D.B.A. .
COUNT VII
30. Plaintiff adopts, realleges and incorporates his/her allegations set forth i n
Paragraphs 1-29 of this Complaint.
31. The above and foregoing actions of Defendant constitute a violation of the
Mississippi Uniform Trade Secrets Act, Miss. Code Ann. Sec. 75-26-1, et seq., as 's
misrepresentations were calculated to and did cause to disclose to a customer list
which was not generally known to the public or ascertainable by proper means and because said
list derives independent economic value in the marketplace.
32. The violation of the Mississippi Uniform Trade Secrets Act has resulted in
damages to .
COUNT VIII
33. Plaintiff adopts, realleges and incorporates his/her allegations set forth i n
Paragraphs 1-32 of this Complaint.
34. In the alternative, the above and foregoing actions of Defendant justify this
Court's order that has all rights and remedies defined in Miss. Code Ann. Sec. 79-12-79 a s
was forced out of the partnership with due to 's fraud and misrepresentations.
COUNT IX
35. Plaintiff adopts, realleges and incorporates his/her allegations set forth i n
Paragraphs 1-34 of this Complaint.
36. The above and foregoing actions of Defendant constitute an independent
tort justifying the imposition of exemplary and/or punitive damages.
37. should be adjudged liable to for exemplary and/or punitive damages
in an amount to be set at the trial of this cause but believed not to be less than $ .
WHEREFORE, PREMISES CONSIDERED, Plaintiff demands judgment of, from
and against Defendants , Individually and d/b/a in the following particulars:
A. For monetary damages arising from a breach of contract in an amount to be set at
the trial of this cause;
B. For an order requiring a $ payment plus legal interest running on and after
, arising from Defendants retention of Plaintiff's equipment, inventory,
accounts and other additional assets;
C. For payment(s) constituting Plaintiff's ( ) interest in , the
general partnership or d.b.a. regarding any retained and unpaid profits, recei vables
or other liquidated corporate assets;
D. For the return of Plaintiff's $ initial investment plus interest in and/or
the partnership;
E. For an Order requiring the return of the equipment owned by Plaintiff yet retained
by Defendants;
F. Prejudgment and post judgment interest, along with attorney's fees to be set by the
Court at the trial of this cause;
G. For civil damages for Defendants knowing violations of the Mississippi Uniform
Trade Secrets Act, Miss. Code Ann. Sec. 75-26-1, et seq.;
H. For all rights and remedies offered by law pursuant to Miss. Code Ann. Sec.
79-12-79;
I. For additional relief as is justified under the circumstances of this case;
J. For an award of punitive and/or exemplary damages to be set at the trial of this
cause but believed to be in an amount not less than $ .
Dated, this the day of , .Respectfully submitted, _______________________________________
Attorney for
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