General Investment Co. v. New York Central Railroad

This is a suit in equity brought by a minority stockholder against the New York Central Railroad Company to enjoin it from dominating and controlling, through stock ownership, certain other railroad companies. There are various prayers in the bill, but all make for the attainment of the object just stated.

The suit was begun in the District Court of the United States for the Northern District of Ohio, June 20, 1924. Federal jurisdiction was invoked on the grounds that the parties are citizens of different States — the plaintiff a Maine corporation and the defendant a corporation of Ohio and…