Legal Opinion
Joslin v. Boston & Maine Railroad
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided February 25, 1931PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtRugg, C.J.
This suit in equity is brought by the owner of shares of preferred stock in the defendant railroad corporation (hereafter called the railroad) against the railroad, its directors, and the Boston Railroad Holding Company, the owner of a large number of shares of the common stock as well as of some shares of preferred stock in the railroad. The objects of the suit are (1) to enjoin the payment by the railroad of any dividend upon its common stock until there shall have been declared and paid to holders of its preferred stock dividends unpaid for 1925, 1926, 1927 and 1928, and (2) to order the…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Union Trust Co. v. McGintyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1912
- Anderson v. BeanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1930
- New York, Lake Erie, & Western Railroad v. NickalsSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
- Brown v. Little, Brown & Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1929
- Nashua River Paper Co. v. Hammermill Paper Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1916
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3Cited by19 opinions
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- Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co. v. GoveMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1939
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- Hallett v. MooreMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1933
- Hurley v. Boston Railroad Holding Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1944
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