Shepaug Voting Trust Cases
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Two SHITS in equity, brought by William H. Starbuek and others against the Mercantile Trust Company and others, and by Jabez A. Bostwick and others against George D. Chapman and others, (the defendants being with a few exceptions the same in both cases,) to the Superior Court in Fairfield County, and heard before Robinson, J. The cases involved the same general facts and were tried together. The following facts were found by the court.
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Two SHITS in equity, brought by William H. Starbuek and others against the Mercantile Trust Company and others, and by Jabez A. Bostwick and others against George D. Chapman and others, (the defendants being with a few exceptions the same in both cases,) to the Superior Court in Fairfield County, and heard before Robinson, J. The cases involved the same general facts and were tried together. The following facts were found by the court. The Shepaug, Litchfield & Northern Railroad Company was chartered by the legislature of this state in the year 1887.* Under this charter, the bond-holders of…
1Opinion of the CourtRobinson, J.
Upon the facts found by the court it is claimed, in the Bostwick case, that an injunction ought to issue to restrain any further action to confirm, ratify, or carry out the Ripley contract, and to restrain the use or delivery of the 1800,000 of bonds of the Shepaug Company under or in furtherance of this contract, or in any manner not authorized by the company’s charter; and further, that an order should issue that the bonds be delivered up to the treasurer of the Shepaug Company; and that an order or decree declaring the Ripley contract unauthorized, illegal and void as respects the Shepaug…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Hawes v. OaklandSupreme Court of the United States · 1882
- Nashua and Lowell Railroad v. Boston and Lowell RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1890
- Bridgeport Bank v. New York & New Haven RailroadSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1861
3Cited by34 opinions
- Smith v. San Francisco & North Pacific Railway Co.California Supreme Court · 1897
- Seitz v. MichelSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1921
- Alderman v. AldermanSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1935
- Matter of Morse (Bank of America)New York Court of Appeals · 1928
- Luthy v. ReamIllinois Supreme Court · 1915
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