Ireland v. Globe Milling and Reduction Co.
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Assumpsit, based on defendant’s refusal to transfer on its books certain certificates of shares of its capital stock purchased by plaintiff.
1Opinion of the CourtTillinghast, J.
In the opinion heretofore given in this case 1 it was held that the by-laws of the. defendant corporation providing for the right of preemption of the stock in question was invalid. Since the rendition of that opinion the defendant by. leave of court, has filed additional pleas setting up that, by virtue of an agreement entered into on July 27, 1892, between the subscribers to the stock of the then proposed corporation, and also of an agreement between said subscribers and the corporation on August 10, 1892, the stock in question could not be transferred without first giving to the…
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- Bigelow v. GregoryIllinois Supreme Court · 1874
- Vansands v. Middlesex County BankSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1857
- Stebbins v. Phenix Fire InsuranceNew York Court of Chancery · 1831
- McCready v. RumseyThe Superior Court of New York City · 1857
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