Meeker v. Winthrop Iron Co.
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Western Michigan
In Equity.
1Opinion of the CourtBaxter, J.
The defendants, the Winthrop Iron Company and the Winthrop Hematite Company, are corporations organized under the laws of Michigan. The capital stock of the former consists of an iron ore mine rated at §500,000. In August, 1877, it made a lease thereof to the St. Clair Brothers, a partnership composed of the four defendants by that name sued herein. Soon after securing said lease they organized the Winthrop Hematite Company, for the purpose of working the mine thereunder. They continued thus to operate until the summer of 1881, when they made an effort to obtain a renewal thereof to the…
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