Black v. Delaware & Raritan Canal Co.
New Jersey Court of Chancery
The bill in this cause was filed June 23d, 1871, by John Black and others, stockholders in the three corporations defendant, for themselves and such other stockholders as might choose to come in and cause themselves to be made parties, against the Delaware and Raritan Oanal Company, the Camden and Amboy Railroad and Transportation Company, and the New Jersey Railroad and Transportation Company, commonly called the United .Comjsanies of New Jersey, and the directors,…
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The bill in this cause was filed June 23d, 1871, by John Black and others, stockholders in the three corporations defendant, for themselves and such other stockholders as might choose to come in and cause themselves to be made parties, against the Delaware and Raritan Oanal Company, the Camden and Amboy Railroad and Transportation Company, and the New Jersey Railroad and Transportation Company, commonly called the United .Comjsanies of New Jersey, and the directors, respectively, of said companies, to restrain the execution of a proposed lease of the works of the said United Companies to the…
1Opinion of the Court
The Chancellor.
When the rule to show cause in this case was granted, an unusual length of time was allowed, and 1 then mentioned to the counsel of the complainants, that I would expect them to bo ready, to-day, to proceed with the cause. The time has been sufficient to prepare, on the side of the complainants, unless the answer of the defendants put the matter in an entirely now and different light. The answer of the defendants, as read, is long, not much longer than the bill; but the great part of that answer is made up of admission of the facts charged in the bill — admitted shortly, it is…
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