Bristol v. Scranton
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Western Pennsylvania
In Equity. Bill by Louis H. Bristol and others, stockholders of the Scranton Steel Company, against William Walker Scranton, Walter Scranton, directors of the Scranton Steel Company, and the said company, for an accounting by defendants Scranton.
1Opinion of the Court
ACHESON, Circuit Judge.
Under and in conformity with the terms of articles of agreement dated January 9, 1891, between the Lackawanna Iron & Coal Company and the Scranton Steel Company, corporations of the state of Pennsylvania engaged in the manufacture of steel at the city of Scranton, the business interests and plants of the two companies were consolidated, and transferred to a new corporation, styled the Lackawanna Iron & Steel Company. Contemporaneously with the execution of the preliminary agreement for this consolidation, a written agreement, hearing date January 9, 1891, between the…
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