Kidd v. New Hampshire Traction Co.
Supreme Court of New Hampshire
Bill in Equity, by certain shareholders of the Massachusetts Construction Company Incorporated (a Connecticut corporation), against that company, the New York Security and Trust Company (a New York corporation), Wallace D. Lovell (a resident of Massachusetts), and. the New Hampshire Traction Company (a New Hampshire corporation located at Hampton in Rockingham county). . The bill alleges, in substance, that in pursuance of an agreement entered into November 12, 1901, the…
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Bill in Equity, by certain shareholders of the Massachusetts Construction Company Incorporated (a Connecticut corporation), against that company, the New York Security and Trust Company (a New York corporation), Wallace D. Lovell (a resident of Massachusetts), and. the New Hampshire Traction Company (a New Hampshire corporation located at Hampton in Rockingham county). . The bill alleges, in substance, that in pursuance of an agreement entered into November 12, 1901, the defendants, on December 2, 1901, caused to be transferred to the Traction Company certain assets of the Construction…
1Opinion of the CourtParsons, C. J.
The proceeding is a bill in equity by two shareholders in the Massachusetts Construction Company Incorporated, a Connecticut corporation, brought in behalf of all the shareholders, and charging that through the fraud of the defendants all of the assets of the corporation have been transferred to and are now held by one of the defendants, and that the purpose of the transaction was fraudulently to deprive the plaintiffs of the value of their shares. The following facts appear from the alie gations of the hill: The capital stock of the plaintiffs’ corporation consists of 5,000 shares of $100…
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