Legal Opinion
Todd v. Citizens' Gas Co. of Indianapolis
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided January 16, 1931No. 4394, 4401PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
These appeals are from decrees, dismissing for want of equity bills of appellants, stockholders of appellee gas company, seeking to prevent the transfer by the gas company to the city of Indianapolis of an interest in the property of the gas company, pursuant to the terms of an ordinance passed in 1905, under which the company derived its right to enter upon and uso the city streets and to operate its plant. The terms of the ordinance relating to the transfer to the city were embodied in the articles of incorporation of the company.
The first is a derivative action, and jurisdiction is based…
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