Booth v. Robinson
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Baltimore City.
1Opinion of the CourtAlvey, J.
The bill in this case was filed on the 7th of August, 1875, by certain persons as shareholders of the stock of the Powhatan Steamboat Company, a corporation formed under the act of the Legislature of 1840, ch. 167, against the defendants, some of whom were directors in the company, for the purpose of obtaining redress for what is. alleged to have been their loss in the value of their shares of stock, by reason of certain wilful and'fraudulent mismanagement of the affairs of the corporation, to accomplish objects and purposes adverse to the interest of the-shareholders of the stock of the…
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