Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co. v. Gove

This petition for a writ of mandamus follows a suit in equity between the same parties, recently ended by the entry of final decree in favor of the petitioner. Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co. v. Gove, 298 Mass. 53; 303 Mass. 1. The stock of the petitioner, a Maine corporation, is held equally by the Pinkham interests and the Gove interests, and the directors are equally divided between them in such a way that the death of a director will not affect the equality. Arthur W. Pinkham, chosen by the Pinkhams, is president, and Lydia P. Gove, chosen by the Goves, who was assistant treasurer when the…