Fernald v. Frank Ridlon Co.

This is a bill in equity brought by preferred stockholders of the defendant corporation to compel the directors of that company, who are joined as defendants, *67to declare and pay dividends to the preferred stockholders. The case was heard by a master; the plaintiffs’ exceptions to his report were overruled, and the report was confirmed by a single justice of this court. The case is before us on the plaintiffs’ appeal from the interlocutory decree overruling the exceptions and confirming the report, and on an appeal from a final decree dismissing the bill. The evidence before the master is not…