Legal Opinion
Dunphy v. Traveller Newspaper Ass'n
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided April 6, 1888PublishedCited by 77 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtKnowlton, J.
The plaintiff brings this bill in equity, filed o.i December 18, 1886, as a stockholder in the defendant corporation, in behalf of himself and such other stockholders as may join him therein, alleging that Roland Worthington, one of the defendants, is the president and treasurer of said corporation, and is and for a long time has been the owner or controller of a majority of the shares of its capital stock, and by means of his ownership and control has chosen such persons to be directors as he has seen fit; and has improperly used and invested lai’ge sums of the money of the corporation in…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Hawes v. OaklandSupreme Court of the United States · 1882
- Brewer v. Proprietors of the Boston TheatreMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1870
- Dimpfell v. Ohio & Mississippi Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1884
- Detroit v. DeanSupreme Court of the United States · 1883
- Lenz v. PrescottMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1887
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3Cited by77 opinions
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- City of Boston v. DolanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1937
- Ginn v. AlmyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1912
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