Clark v. Memphis Street Railway Co.
Tennessee Supreme Court
FROM SHELBY. Appeal from the Chancery Court of Shelby County. F. H. Heiskell, Chancellor.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Neil
Stated in the briefest and most general terms, this hill was filed chiefly to set aside a purchase by the American Cities Railway & Light Company (hereinafter called .the “American Company”) of the majority of stock of the Memphis Street Railway Company, whereby the American Company acquired a controlling interest in *237the latter company. A secondary purpose was to hold Isadore Newman & Son liable for a loss alleged to have been caused to the- Memphis Street Railway Company by. what is charged to have been a fraudulent purchase of $1,500,000 of bonds of the latter company. The chancellor…
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