Hazeltine v. Belfast & Moosehead Lake Railroad
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On report. Bill in equity, heard ou bill, answer and agreed statement. The opinion states the facts. cited : Belfast & M. H. L. R. R. Co. v. Belfast, 77 Maine, 445 ; Morawetz, Corp. (2 ed-) § § 440, 441, 459; Green’s Brice’s Ultra Vires, 164; Richardson v. Railroad Co. 44 Yt. 613 ; Kent v. Quids Silver Mining Co. 12 Hun. 53; Barnard v. Railroad Co. 7 Allen, 521; Boardman v. Railroad Co. 84 N. Y. 157 ; Thompson v. Railroad Co. 45 N. Y. 468 ; Prouty v. Railroad Co. 1 Hun, 655;…
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On report. Bill in equity, heard ou bill, answer and agreed statement. The opinion states the facts. cited : Belfast & M. H. L. R. R. Co. v. Belfast, 77 Maine, 445 ; Morawetz, Corp. (2 ed-) § § 440, 441, 459; Green’s Brice’s Ultra Vires, 164; Richardson v. Railroad Co. 44 Yt. 613 ; Kent v. Quids Silver Mining Co. 12 Hun. 53; Barnard v. Railroad Co. 7 Allen, 521; Boardman v. Railroad Co. 84 N. Y. 157 ; Thompson v. Railroad Co. 45 N. Y. 468 ; Prouty v. Railroad Co. 1 Hun, 655; Beers v.. Bridgeport Co. 42 Conn. 17; Pratt v. Pratt, 33 Conn. 446; Scott v. Eagle Fire. Go. 7 Paige, 203 ; Jermain v.…
1Opinion of the CourtPeters, C. J.
The facts of this case and most of its questions were before the court in the case of Belfast, &c. R. R. Co. v. Belfast, 77 Maine, 445. The preferred stockholders of the company are now complainants against the company and its directors, seeking to obtain through a court of equity dividends on their stock.
On March 20, 1886, When this bill was brought, the following facts existed: The road was, and since May 10, 1871, had been leased to the Maine Central Railroad Company, the lease to run until May 10, 1921, the lessee to operate the road during the intervening period at its own risk and…
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