Boyd v. New York & H. R.
District Court, S.D. New York
Bill by John Scott Boyd, Junior, and others, against the New York & Harlem Railroad Company, and the New York Central & Hudson River Railroad Company, and others, to restrain a consolidation between the New York & Iiarlem Railroad Company and the New York Central & Hudson River Railroad Company.
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Bill by John Scott Boyd, Junior, and others, against the New York & Harlem Railroad Company, and the New York Central & Hudson River Railroad Company, and others, to restrain a consolidation between the New York & Iiarlem Railroad Company and the New York Central & Hudson River Railroad Company. On motion by complainants under Equity Rule 29 (198 Fed. xxvi, 115 C. C. A. xxvi) for decision of points of law in respect to the cause or causes of action stated in the bill, raised by portions of the answer of defendants or some of them.
1Opinion of the Court
HOUGH, District Judge.
The defendant railway corporations (hereinafter called, respectively, the “Harlem” and the “Central”) are too well known to need description. The individual defendants are directors of both railways, and constitute a majority of each corporate board. The complainants are stockholders in the Harlem, and citizens and residents of states or countries other than New York.
The object of the bill is to enjoin a consolidation of the Harlem and Central; “consolidation” meaning, that merger of railroad corporations into one company permitted by the Railroad Law of New York…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. MottleySupreme Court of the United States · 1911
- Farmers' Loan & Trust Co. v. New York & Northern Railway Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1896
- National Fireproofing Co. v. Mason Builders' Ass'nCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1909
- De Koven v. Lake Shore & M. S. Ry. Co.District Court, S.D. New York · 1914
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- Hand v. Kansas City Southern Ry. Co.District Court, S.D. New York · 1931
- Loring v. BakerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1952
- Meyer v. Kansas City Southern Ry. Co.District Court, S.D. New York · 1935
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