Theis v. Spokane Falls Gas Light Co.
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Spokane county, Kennan, J., entered May 18, 1907, upon findings in favor of the plaintiff, after a trial on the merits before the court without a jury, in an action brought by a stockholder to enjoin the union and consolidation of two corporations.
1Opinion of the CourtRoot, J.
Plaintiff, as the owner of eight shares of the capital stock of the Spokane Falls Gas Light Company (hereinafter called the Spokane company), brought this action, in behalf of himself and all others similarly situated and in behalf of the company, against the defendants, to nullify an arrangement made by some of the defendants while acting as trustees, agents, and majority stockholders in this corporation and another known as The Union Gas Company, whereby, it was alleged by plaintiff, the business and development of the Spokane company were to be stunted, its franchise forfeited, and its…
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