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Sotter v. Coatesville Boiler Works

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided April 16, 1917No. Appeal, No. 174PublishedCited by 18 opinions

Appeal, No. 174, Jan. T., 1916, by plaintiffs, from decree of C. P. Chester County, Sept. T., 1915, No. 616, in equity, awarding an injunction, in case of Frederick Softer, A. Mary Shalleross and Catharine W. Shalleross v. Coatesville Boiler Works, Charles Edgerton, Nelson H. Genung and H. Blanche D. Moore, W. Park Moore and Fred E. Moore, Executors of the Estate of Edwin T. Moore, Deceased. Bill in equity for an injunction.

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Appeal, No. 174, Jan. T., 1916, by plaintiffs, from decree of C. P. Chester County, Sept. T., 1915, No. 616, in equity, awarding an injunction, in case of Frederick Softer, A. Mary Shalleross and Catharine W. Shalleross v. Coatesville Boiler Works, Charles Edgerton, Nelson H. Genung and H. Blanche D. Moore, W. Park Moore and Fred E. Moore, Executors of the Estate of Edwin T. Moore, Deceased. Bill in equity for an injunction. Before Butler, P. J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. The court below entered the following, decree: “The Coatesville Boiler Works, one of the…

1Opinion of the Court

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Mr. Justice Moschzisker,

October 15,1915, Frederick Sotter filed a bill in equity praying, inter alia, that the Coatesville Boiler Works be restrained from giving certain of its officers, named as *415codefendants, any compensation in excess of their regular annual salaries, further that these latter should be ordered to account for all moneys theretofore received by them over and above such salaries; subsequently two .other stockholders intervened as plaintiffs. After answer and replication, the case came to trial; the decree favored the defendants and the plaintiffs have appealed.

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2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Fillebrown v. HaywardMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1906
  2. Kelley v. Newburyport & Amesbury Horse RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1886
  3. Nye v. StorerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1897
  4. Young v. United States Mortgage & Trust Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1915
  5. Russell v. Henry C. Patterson Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1911

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3Cited by18 opinions

  1. Rogers v. HillSupreme Court of the United States · 1933
  2. Lafean v. American Caramel Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1921
  3. Allegheny By-Product Coke Co. v. J. H. Hillman & Sons Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1922
  4. Lowman v. Harvey R. Pierce Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1923
  5. Holthusen v. Edward G. Budd Mfg. Co.District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1943

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