State ex rel. Lake Shore Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. De Groat
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Upon the petition of the Lake Shore Telephone & Telegraph Company, a corporation organized under the laws of Wisconsin, an alternative writ of mandamus directed to P. H. De Groat, as secretary of the Zenith City Telephone Company, was issued by the district court for St. Louis county.
Read the full summary
Upon the petition of the Lake Shore Telephone & Telegraph Company, a corporation organized under the laws of Wisconsin, an alternative writ of mandamus directed to P. H. De Groat, as secretary of the Zenith City Telephone Company, was issued by the district court for St. Louis county. It was alleged in the writ that the relator company owned 940 shares, a majority of the 18Y0 shares of the capital stock of the Zenith City Telephone Company, a Wisconsin corporation; that the defendant secretary resided at Duluth, Minnesota; that the Zenith City Telephone Company was the owner of all the…
1Opinion of the CourtO’Brien, J.
The relator, the Lake Shore Telephone & Telegraph Company, is a Wisconsin corporation, and the owner of a majority of the capital stock of the Zenith City Telephone Company, a corporation also organized under the laws of Wisconsin, and which owns nearly all the *174stock of the Zenith Telephone Company, a corporation organized under the laws of Maine, and operating a telephone system in Duluth, Minnesota, and holding as owner a majority of the stock of the Peoples Telephone Company, a Wisconsin corporation operating a telephone system in Superior, in that state. The legality of these-stock…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- North State Copper & Gold Mining Co. v. FieldCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1885
- Guilford v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1894
- Bassett v. AtwaterSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1895
- Madden v. Penn Electric Light Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1897
- State ex rel. Hathorn v. United States Express Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1905
3 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.
3Cited by17 opinions
- Corry v. Barre Granite & Quarry Co.Supreme Court of Vermont · 1917
- Tasler v. Peerless Tire Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1919
- State ex rel. McGill v. CookSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1912
- Miller Waste Mills, Inc. v. MacKayCourt of Appeals of Minnesota · 1994
- Frick v. Hartford Life InsuranceSupreme Court of Iowa · 1916
12 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.