Legal Opinion
Bonner v. Chapin National Bank
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided February 26, 1925PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCrosby, J.
The bill recites that the plaintiff is a stockholder in the Atlas Trust Company, and brings this bill on his own behalf and in behalf of such other stockholders as may prove to have similar rights against the Chapin National Bank, the Atlas National Bank, the Atlas Trust Company, all of Springfield in the county of Hampden, and against certain directors of the last named company.
It is well settled that the jurisdiction of a court of equity over suits brought by stockholders against the officers of a corporation, for wrongs committed by them against the corporation, cannot be maintained to…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Brewer v. Proprietors of the Boston TheatreMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1870
- Ginn v. AlmyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1912
- von Arnim v. American Tube WorksMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1905
- United Zinc Companies v. HarwoodMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1914
- Hayden v. Perfection Cooler Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1917
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Shaw v. HardingMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1940
- Mayflower Hotel Stockholders Protective Committee v. Mayflower Hotel Corp.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1949
- MacLennan v. MacLennanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1942
- Manning v. CampbellMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1928
- Boucher v. Hamilton Manufacturing Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1927
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