Hladovec v. Paul
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Branch Appellate Court for the First District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. M. F. TulEy, Judge, presiding.
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Appeal from the Branch Appellate Court for the First District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. M. F. TulEy, Judge, presiding. This s an appeal from a judgment of the Branch Appellate Court for the First District reversing a decree of the circuit court of Cook county upon a bill filed in that court by the appellees, against the appellant and others, and remanding the cause, with directions to the circuit court to enter a decree in conformity with the opinion of said Branch Appellate Court. The bill was filed by seventy-six stockholders of the…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Hand
The first contention made by the appellant is, that a court of equity is without jurisdiction to grant to the appellees the relief prayed for in the bill filed herein, on the ground that they have a complete and adequate remedy at law, in this: that the grounds averred in their bill for equitable relief can be pleaded as a defense to the action of mandamus, wherein the officers of the corporation were sought to be coerced by appellant to issue to him said unissued shares of stock, if the grounds of relief averred in the bill have a valid existence in law. The stockholders of the corporation…
2Cases cited2 opinions
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