Legal Opinion
Brainard v. New York Central Railroad
New York Court of Appeals
Decided February 24, 1926PublishedCited by 55 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtPound, J.
Minority stockholders of the Mahoning Coal Bailroad Company bring this derivative action to recover on behalf of their company from the New York Central Bailroad Company as successor of the Lake Shore Company an installment of Federal income and excess profits taxes assessed against and paid by Mahoning Company for the year 1920, amounting to $480,425.20.
The Mahoning. Company is a railroad corporation of Ohio with an outstanding capital stock of $2,161,367, consisting of $1,500,000 par value of common, and $661,367 par value of preferred, of which capital stock the Central Company is the…
2Cases cited8 opinions
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- Woodruff v. . Oswego Starch FactoryNew York Court of Appeals · 1903
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- Nichols v. NicholsNew York Court of Appeals · 1954
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