Wilkie ex rel. Rochester & State Line Railway Co. v. Rochester & State Line Railway Co.
New York Supreme Court
Appeal from an order made at a Special Term, denying a motion to vacate an injunction. The action was brought to restrain the directors of tbe Rochester and State Line Railway Company from adopting any resolution Removing the present treasurer, or electing any other in his place, or taking from his control the books and papers of the company.
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Appeal from an order made at a Special Term, denying a motion to vacate an injunction. The action was brought to restrain the directors of tbe Rochester and State Line Railway Company from adopting any resolution Removing the present treasurer, or electing any other in his place, or taking from his control the books and papers of the company. The complaint alleged that two of the former treasurers of the company had defrauded it by making false entries in the books, and that certain of the defendants were desirous of preventing any further investigation and keeping the company from recovering…
1Opinion of the Court
Talcott, J.:
This is an appeal from an order of the Special Term of Monroe county, refusing to dissolve an injunction.
The injunction restrains the defendants from passing, voting upon, or considering a certain resolution introduced by Dyer D. S. Brown, one of the defendants,' at a meeting of the directors of the railway company, declaring the office of the treasurer of the company vacant, and from considering, voting upon or passing any resolution, offer or project, for the removal of Charles E. Hpton, one of the defendants, from the office of treasurer of the company, and from voting for,…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Greaves v. GougeNew York Supreme Court · 1875
- Town of Middletown v. Rondout & Oswego RailroadNew York Supreme Court · 1872