Holmes v. Saint Joseph Lead Co.
New York Supreme Court
Action by stockholders of a corporation to set aside an agreement.
1Opinion of the CourtCardozo, J.
The plaintiffs are stockholders of the defendant Saint Joseph Lead Company. They bring this action in the right of the corporation to set aside an agreement between that company and the firms of White, Weld & Co. and Smith, Moore & Co. The contract which they assail is a long one; but for present purposes its essential provisions may be briefly stated. White, Weld & Co. and Smith, Moore & Co., who will be referred to as the bankers, agree to buy $2,500,000 of the company’s six per cent gold notes, to be dated January 1,1914, and to mature January 1,1918. They are to make the purchase at the…
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