Marks v. Merrill Paper Co.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Western District of Wisconsin; Arthur U. Sanborn, Judge. Bill in equity by Fred J. Marks and others against the Merrill Paper Company and others. From a decree (Marks v. Merrill Paper Mfg. Co., 188 Fed. 850) for defendants, plaintiffs appeal.
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Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Western District of Wisconsin; Arthur U. Sanborn, Judge. Bill in equity by Fred J. Marks and others against the Merrill Paper Company and others. From a decree (Marks v. Merrill Paper Mfg. Co., 188 Fed. 850) for defendants, plaintiffs appeal. Appellants, herein termed “complainants,” minority stockholders in the Merrill Paper Manufacturing Company, herein termed the “Merrill Company,” filed the present bill on December 6, 1907, against the two corporation defendants, the Merrill Company and the Grandfather Falls Company, and certain…
1Opinion of the CourtKohesaat, Circuit Judge
(after stating the facts as above). The findings of fact made by the trial judge are, in substance, supported by the evidence. The record conclusively establishes the fact that, at the date of the sale by the Merrill Company of its entire plant to the Grandfather Falls Company, the former was in desperate financial straits, without power of- recuperation. Through what at this time seems to have been deplorable lack of foresight, its substance had been expended in securing a vast factory- equipped with every facility for *19doing business, except the means for putting it in motion. In so doing,…
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