Bulkeley v. New York, New Haven, & Hartford Railroad
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Bill in equity, filed in the Supreme Judicial Court on October 25 and amended on November 17, 1913, by certain stockholders of the New York, New Haven, and Hartford Railroad Company under St. 1913, c. 784, § 27, praying the court to annul or review, modify or amend, an order made by the public service commission established by that chapter approving a proposed issue by that railroad company of evidences of indebtedness amounting to $67,552,000 and also approving the issue of…
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Bill in equity, filed in the Supreme Judicial Court on October 25 and amended on November 17, 1913, by certain stockholders of the New York, New Haven, and Hartford Railroad Company under St. 1913, c. 784, § 27, praying the court to annul or review, modify or amend, an order made by the public service commission established by that chapter approving a proposed issue by that railroad company of evidences of indebtedness amounting to $67,552,000 and also approving the issue of 675,520 shares of the capital stock of that company as asked for in the applications of that company to the commission,…
1Opinion of the CourtRugg, C. J.
The New York, New Haven, and Hartford Railroad Company applied to the public service commission (established by St. 1913, c. 784, § 1) for approval of a proposed issue of evidences of indebtedness to an amount of $67,552,000 for the purpose of funding floating debts, purchasing new equipment, and its other uses. The issue was authorized by vote of the stockholders. These proposed evidences of indebtedness were to be payable twenty years after date, to bear interest at the rate of six per cent per annum, and to be convertible at the option of the holders into shares of capital stock at par at…
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