Rice v. Rockefeller
New York Supreme Court
Appeal from special term, New York county; Lawrence, Justice. From an order granting plaintiff’s motion for bill of particulars, (1 N. Y. Supp. 222,) defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtDaniels, J.
The object of the action is to secure the transfer upon the books of the Standard Oil Trust six shares of stock owned in it by the plaintiff in the action, and for the dividends accruing upon these shares while lie has been the holder thereof. The seventh subdivision of the answer alleged, among other things, that the plaintiff had diligently and persistently sought to become acquainted with the methods of business and private affairs of the companies in the trust, and of the trustees; that he had caused it to be made known to the defendants that he would cease to institute and stir up…
2Cited by1 opinion
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