Hyams v. Old Dominion Co.
District Court, D. Maine
In Equity. Suit by Godfrey M. Hyams against the Old Dominion Company. On defendant’s motion to dismiss bill for want of equity.
1Opinion of the Court
HALE, District Judge.
This case now comes before the court upon the defendant’s motion to dismiss the bill. The complainant, the holder of 3,056 shares of the capital stock of the Old Dominion Copper Mining & Smelting Company, a corporation of New Jersey,brings this bill in equity, in behalf of himself and of such other stockholders of his company as shall join in the prosecution of the suit, against the defendant corporation, the holder of a majority of the stock of the New Jersey corporation. The complainant seeks to enjoin the defendant corporation from voting its stock in the New Jersey…
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