Elson v. Schmidt

Plaintiff, a stockholder of the Curtis & Fox Creek Telephone Company, brought this action in equity, to set aside the sale of certain stock owned by Curtis & Fox Creek Telephone Company in the Curtis Telephone Company. From an adverse decision of the trial court, plaintiff appeals.

A statement in detail of some of the facts is necessary to an understanding of this case. For convenience, the Curtis & Southwestern Telephone Company will be referred to in this opinion as the Southwestern Company; the Curtis & Fox Creek Telephone Company as the Fox Creek Company; the North Star, Sheridan & Curtis…