Venner v. Great Northern Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Ramsey county against Great Northern Railway Company, Lake Superior Company, Limited, James J. Hill, Louis W. Hill and Robert I. Farrington, and James N. Hill, Louis W. Hill, Walter J. Hill and Edward T. Nichols, as trustees under an agreement of trust dated December 7, 1906, with Lake Superior Company, Limited.
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Action in the district court for Ramsey county against Great Northern Railway Company, Lake Superior Company, Limited, James J. Hill, Louis W. Hill and Robert I. Farrington, and James N. Hill, Louis W. Hill, Walter J. Hill and Edward T. Nichols, as trustees under an agreement of trust dated December 7, 1906, with Lake Superior Company, Limited. The amended complaint prayed for a judgment decreeing that the agreement between the railway company and the Superior Company, dated October 20,1899, and the trust agreement between the Superior Company and the defendants James N. Hill, Louis W. Hill,…
1Opinion of the CourtBrown, J.
Action in equity by plaintiff, a stockholder of the Great Northern Bailway Company, a corporation, in his own behalf and in behalf of all other stockholders, to compel the restoration of certain property acquired by the corporation as the result of transactions beyond its charter powers, and not used or devoted to the operation of the railway, a part of which is alleged to have been wrongfully and unlawfully transferred to the other defendants, for the sale of the same and the distribution of the proceeds to the stockholders of the corporation. Defendants separately demurred to the complaint,…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Schwab v. E. G. Potter Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1909
- State v. Great Northern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1907
- Williams v. CrabbCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1902
- Pleins v. WachenheimerSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1909
- State v. Great Northern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1908
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