Legal Opinion
Overfield v. Pennroad Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided June 27, 1940No. 7234PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JONES, Circuit Judge.
This appeal is from an order of the district court dismissing the bill of complaint which the plaintiff had filed in her own behalf as a stockholder and in behalf of all other stockholders of a foreign corporation for the redress of wrongs allegedly done the corporation.
The bill avers the plaintiff’s ownership of voting trust certificates issued under an agreement embracing the entire capital stock of Pennroad Corporation, a corporation of the state of Delaware where it maintains its principal and only office. Shortly after the institution of the suit in the court below,…
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3Cited by22 opinions
- Williams v. Green Bay & Western RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Perrine v. Pennroad Corp.Supreme Court of Delaware · 1946
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- Potteiger v. Fidelity-Philadelphia Trust Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1967
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