Fisk v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad
New York Supreme Court
Motions for receiver ; and counter-motions to dissolve injunctions. Four actions were brought against the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad Company, and others ; one by James Fisk, Jr., and others ; the second, by Hatch; the third, by Fanshawe; and the fourth, by Belden. The plaintiffs in these several cases sued as holders of original shares of the stock of the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad Company, a corporation created by the States of Illinois and Iowa.
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Motions for receiver ; and counter-motions to dissolve injunctions. Four actions were brought against the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad Company, and others ; one by James Fisk, Jr., and others ; the second, by Hatch; the third, by Fanshawe; and the fourth, by Belden. The plaintiffs in these several cases sued as holders of original shares of the stock of the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad Company, a corporation created by the States of Illinois and Iowa. The complaints alleged that a new issue of 49,000 shares of stock was illegal and void, and demanded injunctions against…
1Opinion of the CourtCardozo, J.
I shall not follow the counsel over the extended field of discussion in which they indulged on the argument of the motion in these cases. The statement of a very few plain and well-recognized propositions is all that is necessary to dispose of the question really involved. My views may be briefly expressed, as follows :
1. Even if my reflection and examination led me to a different opinion, which they do not, I should not feel at Liberty to deny the existence of the jurisdiction which it is sought to have the court entertain in these actions, since the point has been fully and distinctly…
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