Orcutt v. White

The plaintiffs are all residents of the city of Alpena, Michigan. Orcutt is a banker. Canfield is an attorney, and Hoey a manufacturer of *592lumber. Defendant William H. White resides . in Boyne City, is president of the defendant railroad company, the W. H. White Company, White Brothers Lumber Company, and the Tillamook Fir Company. The Boyne City, Gaylord. & Alpena Railroad Company operates a railroad between Boyne City and Alpena. The defendant White owns 57 per cent, of its stock. In November, 1913, the Michigan Trust Company of Grand Rapids was appointed receiver of the railroad company and…