Legal Opinion

Wall v. Parrot Silver & Copper Co.

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided June 4, 1917No. 271PublishedCited by 69 opinions

APPEAL FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF MONTANA. The case is stated in the opinion.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Clarke

The appellants as owners of 1210 of the 229,850 shares óf the capital stock of the Parrot Silver & Copper Company, a corporation organized under the laws of Montana, filed their, bill in the United States District Court for the District of Montana, seeking to avoid an executed sale of all the property and assets of that company made on May 31,1910, to the Anaconda Copper Mining Company, the consideration being a stipulated number of shares of the vendee company.

The claim of the appellants is that in 1899 certain persons acquired control of a majority of the shares of the capital stock of the…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railway Co. v. BabcockSupreme Court of the United States · 1907
  2. Great Falls Manufacturing Co. v. Attorney GeneralSupreme Court of the United States · 1888
  3. Eyre v. PotterSupreme Court of the United States · 1854
  4. Pierce v. Somerset RailwaySupreme Court of the United States · 1898
  5. French v. ShoemakerSupreme Court of the United States · 1872

2 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.

3Cited by69 opinions

  1. Ashwander v. Tennessee Valley AuthoritySupreme Court of the United States · 1936
  2. United States v. City & County of San FranciscoSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
  3. Buck v. KuykendallSupreme Court of the United States · 1925
  4. Thompson v. Consolidated Gas Utilities Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1937
  5. United Fuel Gas Co. v. Railroad CommissionSupreme Court of the United States · 1929

64 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.

Showing a preview — retrieve the full document via the Exa API.

Powered by the Exa API