Campbell v. Poultney, Ellicott & Co.
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the court of Chancery. On the 3d of July, 1834, the appellants filed their bill on the equity side of Baltimore county court, for the purpose of restraining by injunction the voting of certain shares of stock in the Union Bank of Maryland, at an election of directors of said bank then about to take place.
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Appeal from the court of Chancery. On the 3d of July, 1834, the appellants filed their bill on the equity side of Baltimore county court, for the purpose of restraining by injunction the voting of certain shares of stock in the Union Bank of Maryland, at an election of directors of said bank then about to take place. The bill alleged that the appellants James Mason, Campbell and Robert S. Voss, are stockholders in the said bank, which was chartered in the year 1804. That by the 10th section of the act of incorporation, certain rules and limitations are prescribed, regulating the right to vote…
1Opinion of the Court
In pronouncing this opinion
Buchanan, Ch. J.,
stated the grounds to be,
1. That the matter of the bill furnishes sufficient ground for the interposition of a court of equity.
2. That the facts stated are a violation of the principles and spirit of the charter, and if carried into effect would be a practical fraud upon the appellants, and in derogation of their chartered rights, for the protection of which an injunction was the appropriate remedy.
3. That the relief granted by the injunction was a proper remedy.
4. That the objection raised in argument for the want of proper parties, and to the…
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- Walker v. JohnsonCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1900