Legal Opinion

Holton v. Wallace

U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Western Pennsylvania

Decided February 2, 1895PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

AOHESON, Circuit Judge.

This bill was brought by Forbes Hol-ton, as a stockholder of the New Castle Northern Bailway Company, “on behalf of himself and other stockholders of said company,” a corporation of the state of Pennsylvania, against O. S. Wallace and several other individuals, citizens of Pennsylvania, to enforce alleged rights of the corporation. No one has intérvened, and the suit stands as when brought. The bill was filed on December 2, 1892. It sets up two causes of action: First. The liability to the corporation of the defendant C. S. Wallace as assignee of certain unpaid shares…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Hawes v. OaklandSupreme Court of the United States · 1882
  2. Holton v. New Castle Ry. Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1890

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Brown v. PegramU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern Pennsylvania · 1906
  2. Savings & Trust Co. of Cleveland v. Bear Valley Irr. Co.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern California · 1902
  3. Egbert v. Third Ward Building Ass'nOhio Superior Court, Cincinnati · 1899

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