Virginia Passenger & Power Co. v. Fisher
Supreme Court of Virginia
Appeal from a decree "of tire Hustings Court of the city of Petersburg in a suit in chancery. Decree for complainants. Defendants appeal. The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the CourtBuchaNAN, J.
The appellees, George E. Fisher, Charles Hall Davis and Philip Kogers filed their bill in the Hustings Court of the city of Petersburg against the Virginia Passenger and Power Company, the Charlotte and Prince Edward Electric Bailway and Improvement Company, Frank Jay Gould, Helen Miller Gould and "William Northrop, trustee, in which they sue for themselves and all others who are stockholders, or bondholders, or creditors, of the Virginia Passenger and Power Company who may come in and contribute to the costs of the suit. The number of shares of stock and the face value of the bonds which…
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