People v. Albany & Susquehanna Railroad
New York Supreme Court
This was an appeal by the defendants, James Fisk and others, from a judgment entered upon the decision of Mr. Justice E. Daewin Smith, rendered after trial before the court at Special Term. A statement of the pleadings will be found in the report of the case at Special Term (1 Lans., 308), and the findings of fact also appear there in the opinion of Mr. Justice E. Dabwht Smith.
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court
Mullin, P. J.
This action was brought to obtain the following relief, viz.: 1st. To determine which of the two pretended boards of directors was duly elected by the stockholders of said railroad company, if either was so elected. 2d. To restrain both sets of directors from taking possession of said road, and from exercising any of its franchises, or in any manner interfering with the property of said company. 3d. If neither board be declared to be duly elected, that the office be declared vacant and a new election ordered. *274th. That 12,500 shares of the stock of the company be…
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