Bartlett v. New York, New Haven, & Hartford Railroad
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Bill in equity, filed in the Supreme Judicial Court on July 17, 1914, by certain stockholders in the defendant corporation in behalf of themselves and all other stockholders who might join, to enforce liabilities alleged to have accrued in favor of the corporation against some of its present and former directors.
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Bill in equity, filed in the Supreme Judicial Court on July 17, 1914, by certain stockholders in the defendant corporation in behalf of themselves and all other stockholders who might join, to enforce liabilities alleged to have accrued in favor of the corporation against some of its present and former directors. The averments of the first paragraph of the bill were as follows: “The plaintiffs . . , bring this suit in order to enforce certain liabilities which they are informed and believe have accrued in favor of the corporation against certain of its present and former directors, which…
1Opinion of the CourtDe Courcy, J.
1. Demurrers to the original bill of July 17, 1914, were sustained, first, on the ground that the bill did not allege reasonable application to the directors to institute proceedings for the recovery of the losses suffered by the corporation. Bartlett v. New York, New Haven, & Hartford Railroad, 221 Mass. 530. The plaintiffs contend that this objection has been met by the allegations of their amended bill of July 31, 1915, and the subsequent amendment of January 28, 1916. So far as these allegations relate to facts existing when the original bill was filed, they add nothing that removes this…
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