Kilauea Sugar Co. v. Macfie
Hawaii Supreme Court
Equity Appeal erom the Decision op Judd, Chancellor. A manager of a sugar plantation owned by a corporation is not an officer of the corporation, and Quo Warranto does not lie to remove him : nor.would it afford the relief desired, even if he were an officer. Equity has jurisdiction by injunction to restrain assertion of doubtful rights in a manner productive of irreparable damage, as of a manager of a plantation interfering with the management after his removal.
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Equity Appeal erom the Decision op Judd, Chancellor. A manager of a sugar plantation owned by a corporation is not an officer of the corporation, and Quo Warranto does not lie to remove him : nor.would it afford the relief desired, even if he were an officer. Equity has jurisdiction by injunction to restrain assertion of doubtful rights in a manner productive of irreparable damage, as of a manager of a plantation interfering with the management after his removal. Decision of the Chancellor affirmed. The Opinion of the Chancellor, appealed from, was as follows :
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion op
Judd, Chancellor.
This is a Bill in Equity alleging, in substance, that the plaintiff, a corporation, duly incorporated under the laws of this Kingdom, owns a sugar plantation on the island of Kauai; that respondent had been manager of the said plantation, but was on the 1st day of May, 1883, removed from this position by the President of the corporation, in accordance with a vote of the directors and of the stockholders of said corporation, at a meeting at which respondent was present, the whole number of shares in the corporation being 300, and the holders of 225 J shares voting in…
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- Hartt v. HarveyNew York Supreme Court · 1860
- Commonwealth v. DearbornMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1818
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