Legal Opinion

Foster v. Bowen

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Decided April 2, 1942PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtQua, J.

The plaintiff, a minority stockholder in the Fitchburg and Leominster Street Railway Company, brings this bill in behalf of herself and all other stockholders who desire to join therein to recover for the benefit of the street railway company losses which are claimed to have been sustained by it in consequence of alleged breaches by the defendant Bowen of his fiduciary obligations as its president and director.

The facts were found by a master.

The by-laws of the company provide that the officers shall consist of a president, vice-president, board of directors, clerk, treasurer, and manager,…

2Cases cited23 opinions

  1. Spiegel v. Beacon Participations, Inc.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1937
  2. Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co. v. GoveMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1939
  3. Brown v. Little, Brown & Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1929
  4. Fillebrown v. HaywardMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1906
  5. Shaw v. HardingMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1940

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Winchell v. Plywood Corp.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1949
  2. Murphy v. HanlonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1948
  3. First Nat'l Bk. v. USF & G. CO.Court of Appeals of Maryland · 1975
  4. George H. Gilbert Manufacturing Co. v. GoldfineMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1945
  5. First National Bank v. United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co.Court of Appeals of Maryland · 1975

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