Hyams v. Old Dominion Co.
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On appeal by plaintiff. This is a bill in equity by the plaintiff, a minority stockholder of the Old Dominion Copper Mining and Smelting Company of New Jersey, asking for a temporary injunction restraining the Maine Company from voting any of its stock at a meeting of the New Jersey Company and that the Maine Company be perpetually enjoined and restrained from voting any of its stock for the election of any officer, director, etc., of the Maine Company.
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On appeal by plaintiff. This is a bill in equity by the plaintiff, a minority stockholder of the Old Dominion Copper Mining and Smelting Company of New Jersey, asking for a temporary injunction restraining the Maine Company from voting any of its stock at a meeting of the New Jersey Company and that the Maine Company be perpetually enjoined and restrained from voting any of its stock for the election of any officer, director, etc., of the Maine Company. The defendant filed a demurrer to said bill, and on the 29th day of November, 1914, the cause was heard before a single Justice on bill and…
1Opinion of the CourtCornish, J.
This is a bill in equity brought by a minority stockholder of the Old Dominion Copper Mining and Smelting Company of New Jersey, hereinafter referred to as the New Jersey Company, in behalf of himself-and such other stockholders as may see fit to join in the proceedings, against the Old Dominion Company of Maine, hereinafter referred to as the Maine Company, which holds a majority of the stock of the New Jersey Company, asking certain relief which will be considered later.
The total capital stock of the New Jersey Company is 162,000 shares of which the plaintiff owns 3,056 shares and the Maine…
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