Corbus v. Alaska Treadwell Gold Mining Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL PROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF ALASKA. This, like the preceding cases, was brought to prevent the payment of an Alaskan license tax. The method pursued was, however, different. It is a suit in equity brought by a stockholder against a corporation — the stockholder and the corporation being the sole parties plaintiff and defendant — to restrain it from paying the tax.
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APPEAL PROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF ALASKA. This, like the preceding cases, was brought to prevent the payment of an Alaskan license tax. The method pursued was, however, different. It is a suit in equity brought by a stockholder against a corporation — the stockholder and the corporation being the sole parties plaintiff and defendant — to restrain it from paying the tax. Notice was given to the United States district attorney of the pendency of the suit, who appeared as amicus curios, and, disclaiming any intention of, in any manner, representing or…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Bbewee
The thought suggested by the quotation from the opinion of the district judge impresses us forcibly. Evidently the plaintiff patterned his proceeding upon Pollock v. Farmers' Loan & Trust Co., 157 U. S. 429. But that case does not determine to what extent a court of equity will permit a stockholder to maintain a suit nominally against the corporation but really for its benefit. Hawes v. Oakland, 104 U. S. 450, is pertinent in this direction. In that case a citizen of New York, a stockholder in the Contra Costa Waterworks Company, a California corporation, filed his bill in the Circuit Court…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Hawes v. OaklandSupreme Court of the United States · 1882
- Pollock v. Farmers' Loan & Trust Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1895
- Dodge v. WoolseySupreme Court of the United States · 1856
- Detroit v. DeanSupreme Court of the United States · 1883
- Quincy v. SteelSupreme Court of the United States · 1887
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- In Re Kauffman Mutual Fund Actions. Joseph B. KauffmanCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1973
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