Boyer v. Nesbitt
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Jan. T., 1909, by plaintiff, from decree of C. P. Luzerne Co., Dec. T., 1908, No. 2, dismissing bill in equity in case of Joseph Boyer v. A.' G. Nesbitt, J. C. Wiegand, A. L. Williams, W. J. Richards, George T. Coddington, Benjamin Dorrance, Charles Gardner, Minnie S. Galland, Lea Hunt, Henry Kunkle, O. W. Lance, E. W. Marple, S. R. Miner, John Mainwaring, C. R. McAlamey, Abram Nesbitt, P. J. Stegmaier, Charles Stegmaier, Stegmaier Brewing Co., Ambrose West, Harry B.…
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Jan. T., 1909, by plaintiff, from decree of C. P. Luzerne Co., Dec. T., 1908, No. 2, dismissing bill in equity in case of Joseph Boyer v. A.' G. Nesbitt, J. C. Wiegand, A. L. Williams, W. J. Richards, George T. Coddington, Benjamin Dorrance, Charles Gardner, Minnie S. Galland, Lea Hunt, Henry Kunkle, O. W. Lance, E. W. Marple, S. R. Miner, John Mainwaring, C. R. McAlamey, Abram Nesbitt, P. J. Stegmaier, Charles Stegmaier, Stegmaier Brewing Co., Ambrose West, Harry B. Schooley, and the Adder Machine Company. Bill in equity to revoke a voting trust of corporate stock. Before Halsey, J. The…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Elkin,
March 14, 1910:
It is apparent from this record that many citizens of the city of Wilkes-Barre desirous of building up a local enterprise procured the incorporation of the Adder Machine Company and became subscribers to its capital stock. It is in' the nature of a private trading corporation and questions of public policy relating to public and quasi-public corporations do not arise. After the business of the corporation had been successfully started under competent and satisfactory management, a large number of the shareholders representing a majority of the stock,…
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