Carson v. Iowa City Gaslight Co.
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Johnson District Court. — Hon. .S. H. Faiball, Judge. These cases were submitted upon the same abstracts and arguments, and involve the same questions, and they will be determined in one opinion. They are actions in chancery, and involve the ownership of fifty thousand dollars of stock .in the Iowa City Gaslight Company, a corporation organized under the laws of this state, and other questions pertaining to certain acts of the incorporation and its officers.
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Appeal from Johnson District Court. — Hon. .S. H. Faiball, Judge. These cases were submitted upon the same abstracts and arguments, and involve the same questions, and they will be determined in one opinion. They are actions in chancery, and involve the ownership of fifty thousand dollars of stock .in the Iowa City Gaslight Company, a corporation organized under the laws of this state, and other questions pertaining to certain acts of the incorporation and its officers. There were decrees for the plaintiffs, and defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtHothbock, C. J.
— I. Before proceeding with a statement of the matters in controversy in the case, we deem it proper to say that the abstract of appellants as presented in this court is not really an abstract, but appears to be a mere copy of the transcript. It contains one hundred and seventy-five pages of closely-printed matter. Our first thought, upon examining the abstract, was to set aside the submission, and order that a proper abstract be filed ; but, as it appeared to us that the decrees of the district court must be affirmed, and appellants would be required to pay the necessary costs made in any…
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