State ex rel. Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie Railway Co. v. Railroad Commission
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from an order of the circuit court for Dane county: E. Eat Stevens, Circuit Judge. Mandamus proceedings to require the State Bailroad Commission to furnish the relator with a certificate of authority to issue stock in addition to that originally authorized in its articles of organization.
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Appeal from an order of the circuit court for Dane county: E. Eat Stevens, Circuit Judge. Mandamus proceedings to require the State Bailroad Commission to furnish the relator with a certificate of authority to issue stock in addition to that originally authorized in its articles of organization. The Commission refused to furnish such certificate because the relator had not filed the amendment to its articles of organization increasing its capital stock with the secretary of state. The relation showed facts essential to favorable action upon its request for the certificate unless filing of an…
1Opinion of the Court
The following opinion was filed September 29, 1908 :
Maeshall, J.
This appeal involves questions of much importance to corporate and general interests, viz.: What is the scope of the Railroad Commission’s power relative to the issue of stock, stock certificates, bonds, or other evidences of indebtedness by railroad corporations, and is such a corporation, like corporations in general, required, as a condition precedent to increasing its capital stock originally provided for, to amend its articles of organization and to that end file a properly authenticated copy of the amendment with the…
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- State v. Great Northern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1907
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