Hyams v. Old Dominion Co.
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On appeal by defendant from final decree in favor of plaintiff. This is a bill in equity in which the complainant, Godfrey M. Hyams, on behalf of himself and all other stockholders of the Old Dominion Company, prays that the defendant, Old Dominion Company, shall be enjoined from causing, malting or allowing any further alienation of its assets and that said Company be ordered to get, take and secure the legal title in its own name, to all the shares of stock of other…
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On appeal by defendant from final decree in favor of plaintiff. This is a bill in equity in which the complainant, Godfrey M. Hyams, on behalf of himself and all other stockholders of the Old Dominion Company, prays that the defendant, Old Dominion Company, shall be enjoined from causing, malting or allowing any further alienation of its assets and that said Company be ordered to get, take and secure the legal title in its own name, to all the shares of stock of other corporations to which it is rightfully entitled, and that a receiver be appointed to take charge of the assets and affairs of…
1Opinion of the CourtSavage, C. J.
Bill in equity in which the plaintiff, a stockholder, on behalf of himself and all other stockholders of the defendant corporation, seeks to have transferred to the defendant certain shares of the capital stock of the Old Dominion Copper Mining and Smelting Company, which it is claimed belong, or should belong to the defendant, but which stand of record in the names 6f two of its directors, Dodge and Smith. The prayer of the bill is that the defendant “be ordered to get, take and secure the legal title in its own name, to all the shares of stock in other corporations to which it is rightfully…
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- Pond v. Vermont Val. R.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Vermont · 1874
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