Keith v. Radway
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Bill m equity, filed in the Superior Court on May 26, 1914, and afterwards amended, by minority stockholders of the Credit Reporting Company of New England, a Massachusetts corporation, for the use and benefit of the corporation, seeking relief from the results of alleged fraud of the defendants as described in the opinion. The defendants demurred to the bill on the ground that it was multifarious and for want of equity.
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Bill m equity, filed in the Superior Court on May 26, 1914, and afterwards amended, by minority stockholders of the Credit Reporting Company of New England, a Massachusetts corporation, for the use and benefit of the corporation, seeking relief from the results of alleged fraud of the defendants as described in the opinion. The defendants demurred to the bill on the ground that it was multifarious and for want of equity. The demurrer was heard by Wait, J., and an interlocutory decree sustaining the demurrer was made on September 29, 1914. The plaintiffs appealed. On November 13,1914, a final…
1Opinion of the CourtDe Courcy, J.
Leave to appeal from the final decree has been granted under R. L. c. 159, § 28, and the parties have argued the case on its merits. See Boston & Albany Railroad v. Commonwealth, 157 Mass. 68.
The plaintiffs are minority stockholders in the Credit Reporting Company of New England, a Massachusetts corporation, and bring this bill for its use and benefit on the alleged ground that the directors have refused to take action to enforce the rights of the corporation against the defendant William S. Radway, and further that they will take no such action as the defendants are in full and active…
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