Ervin v. Oregon Ry. & Nav. Co.
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York
In Equity.
1Opinion of the CourtWallace, J.
When this case was before this court on demurrer, (20 Fed. Rep. 577,) the questions of law arising upon the allegations of the hill were fully considered. It was then determined that, although the majority of stockholders of the Oregon Steam Navigation Company were authorized by the statutes of Oregon, under which the corporation was organized, to dissolve the corporation, dispose of its property, and divide the proceeds despite the opposition of the minority stockholders, and although the majority exercised this authority in the mode which the organic law of the corporation permitted,…
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