Scott v. Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeals from a pro forma decree of the Circuit Court of Baltimore City, dismissing the bills of complaint.
1Opinion of the CourtPage, J.
The main question presented in the two cases contained in these records involves the right of the preferred stockholders of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company to share in the distribution in the net profits of the company that may be remaining after the appropriation of four per centum of the net earnings to the preferred stock. It is contended by the appel- ' lants that the preferred stockholder has not only the right to receive a dividend of four per centum out of the net earnings before any dividend shall be set apart for the common stockholders, but to share pro rata with the common…
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