Dobson v. Peck Bros. & Co.

SHIPMAN, Circuit Judge.

The complainants, citizens of the state of Massachusetts, allege in their bill in equity substantially as follows: That they leased on November 20, 1895, to Peck Bros. & Co., a corporation formerly of the state of Connecticut, and established in New Haven, in this state, hereafter called “Corporation- No. 1,” a parcel of real estate in Boston for the term of 10 years from January 1, 1896, for the sum of $5,000 per year for the first half, and of $5,500 per year for the second half, of said term. That on or about March 14, 1896, the stockholders of Corporation No. 1,…