Raynes v. Sharp
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Bill in equity, filed in the Supreme Judicial Court on November 18,1920, by a stockholder in the Atlantic Corporation, a corporation organized under the laws of Maine, against that-corporation, the Mason Machine Works, the Mason Machine Works Company and the New England Trust Company, all corporations organized in Massachusetts, certain individuals domiciled in Massachusetts, collectively referred to as the Mason Interests, and certain other individuals domiciled in…
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Bill in equity, filed in the Supreme Judicial Court on November 18,1920, by a stockholder in the Atlantic Corporation, a corporation organized under the laws of Maine, against that-corporation, the Mason Machine Works, the Mason Machine Works Company and the New England Trust Company, all corporations organized in Massachusetts, certain individuals domiciled in Massachusetts, collectively referred to as the Mason Interests, and certain other individuals domiciled in Massachusetts who were voting trustees of the stock of the Atlantic Corporation. The allegations of the bill were in substance…
1Opinion of the CourtBraley, J.
We shall refer to the subdivisions of the demurrer by paragraphs, and under paragraph four it is contended that the court has no jurisdiction to examine into the internal affairs of the demurrant, the Atlantic. Corporation, which, although organized in another State, has its office and does business in this Commonwealth. It is alleged that through this instrumentality as managed by the individual demurrants, and their interlocking corporate interests and control, the plaintiff has been misled and defrauded, and that when certain fraudulent acts and combinations are set aside and consequent…
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- United States v. American Bell Telephone Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1888
- Harrison v. PereaSupreme Court of the United States · 1897
- Howarth v. LombardMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1900
- Brown v. Guarantee Trust & Safe Deposit Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1888
- Ginn v. AlmyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1912
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