Deal v. Erie Coal & Coke Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 34, Oct. T., 1915, by defendants, from decree of O. P. Somerset Co., Equity Docket, 1914, No. 7, in Equity, dismissing exceptions to report of master, in case of Levi Deal, Henry Brant, James M. Deal, Mrs. Henry F. Brant and Ezra Deal, v. Erie Coal & Coke Company, Perry C. Miller, H. L. Miller, Fred Rowe, E. M. Beachley, W. N. Moser, C. J. Rowe and J. C. Reed.
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Appeal, No. 34, Oct. T., 1915, by defendants, from decree of O. P. Somerset Co., Equity Docket, 1914, No. 7, in Equity, dismissing exceptions to report of master, in case of Levi Deal, Henry Brant, James M. Deal, Mrs. Henry F. Brant and Ezra Deal, v. Erie Coal & Coke Company, Perry C. Miller, H. L. Miller, Fred Rowe, E. M. Beachley, W. N. Moser, C. J. Rowe and J. C. Reed. Bill in equity for an injunction and to compel the holding of a corporate election under supervision of the court. Exceptions to report of master. Before Ruppel, P. J. The facts appear in Deal v. Erie Coal & Coke Company,…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Potter,
Levi Deal and four other plaintiffs filed this bill in equity in the Court of Common Pleas of Somerset County, Pennsylvania, against the Erie Coal & Coke Company, a corporation organized under the laws of *50Pennsylvania, and seven individual defendants, who were officers and directors of the corporation. The plaintiffs averred thát they were stockholders in the defendant company and alleging that at the previous annual meeting they had been wrongfully prevented from voting, and that they had reason to apprehend similar treatment at the next annual meeting, they…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Yetter v. Delaware Valley RailroadSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1903
- Deal v. Erie Coal & Coke Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1914
- Commonwealth v. ArchbaldSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1900
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- Erie Coal & Coke Co. v. DealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1915
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