Legal Opinion
Flint v. Codman
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided January 22, 1924PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtRugg, C.J.
This is a suit in equity. The plaintiffs, a small minority of the shareholders in the Lovejoy’s Wharf Trust, so called, seek to enjoin a sale of the corpus of the trust by the trustees, who are the individual defendants acting pursuant to a vote of the majority of the shareholders, to the three corporate defendants who collectively hold a majority of the shares, and to enjoin the termination of the trust. After a hearing, findings of fact and rulings of law were made and the entry of a decree ordered dismissing the bill. The plaintiffs’ exceptions bring the case here.
Of the facts thus found,…
2Cases cited24 opinions
- Davis v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1920
- Moss v. Old Colony Trust Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1923
- Pigeon's CaseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1913
- Williams v. Inhabitants of MiltonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1913
- Frost v. ThompsonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1914
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3Cited by31 opinions
- Bartley v. PhillipsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1944
- Cardullo v. LandauMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1952
- State Street Trust Co. v. HallMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1942
- Winchell v. Plywood Corp.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1949
- Walker v. Board of Appeals of HarwichMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1983
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