Edmunds v. Illinois Central Railroad
Illinois Circuit Court
Motion to dissolve injunction restraining defendants from voting stock of the Illinois Central Railroad at the annual stockholders’ meeting. Heard before Judge Farlin Q. Ball.. Opinion rendered Feb. 20, 1908. ■ •
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion.
Ball, J.: — '
This case comes before the court on a motion to dissolve the temporary injunction.
It is urged that complainants, under the rules of equity practice should have requested the officers and directors of the Illinois Central to bring this suit — that such a request and a refusal by the corporation are necessary prerequisites to their right to begin this action.
This suit might have been brought by the Illinois Central. Its subject matter is one in which all the stockholders of that corporation are equally interested. The bill is framed on that theory. It states that…
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