Legal Opinion

Rosehill Cemetery Co. v. Dempster

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided October 23, 1906PublishedCited by 5 opinions

Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District;— heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. M. F. Tuley, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Vickers

The Rosehill Cemetery Company filed its bill in the circuit court of Cook county against Wesley Dempster and Charles W. Dempster, stockholders of said company, for the purpose of compelling the surrender, for cancellation, of certain shares of stock held by the defendants below and to compel an accounting as to the dividends received by them on said stock. The theory of the bill is that the stock in question was wrongfully acquired by the said Dempsters and - should therefore be surrendered to the said company and canceled, and all payments made on account of dividends should be re-paid by…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Clark v. Mayor, Aldermen, and Common Council of WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1827
  2. Higgins v. LansinghIllinois Supreme Court · 1895
  3. Brown v. DeYoungIllinois Supreme Court · 1897
  4. Cheeney v. Lafayette, Bloomington & Mississippi Railway Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1873
  5. American Central Railway Co. v. MilesIllinois Supreme Court · 1869

3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Harriage v. DaleySupreme Court of Arkansas · 1915
  2. Russell v. Louis Melind Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1947
  3. Gumbiner v. Alden Inn, Inc.Illinois Supreme Court · 1945
  4. Empire Fluorspar Co. v. KnightAppellate Court of Illinois · 1946
  5. Miller & Pardee, Inc. v. PardeeAppellate Court of Illinois · 1926

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