Legal Opinion
Hirsch v. Independent Steel Co. of America
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of West Virginia
Decided September 19, 1911No. 203PublishedCited by 11 opinions
In Equity. Suit by Arthur Hirsch and others against the Independent Steel Company of America and.others. On demurrer of Taylor & Robinson to bill.
1Opinion of the Court
KEEPER, District Judge.
The bill in this case was filed by certain stockholders, citizens of Kentucky, against the Independent Steel Company of America, a West Virginia corporation, its other stockholders, and against certain (but not all) of its creditors, seeking the dissolution of the corporation and the winding up of its affairs under the provisions of section 57 of chapter 53 of the Code of West Virginia, which section reads as follows:
“If not less than one-third in interest of the stockholders of a corporation desire to wind up its affairs, they may apply by bill in chancery to the…
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