Ryan v. Seaboard & R. R. Co.
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern Virginia
This was a bill in equity by Thomas F. Ryan against the Seaboard & Roanoke Railroad Company and others to establish the plaintiff's rights as a stockholder in defendant company.
1Opinion of the Court
SIMONTON, Circuit Judge.
The complainant, Thomas F. Ryan, a citizen of the state of New York,‘filed his bill of complaint against the Seaboard & Roanoke Railroad Company and Legh R. Watts, citizens of the state of Virginia, the Raleigh & Gaston Railroad Company, a citizen of the state of North Carolina, and Messrs. Hoffman, McLane, Minis, Nippe, and Fisher, citizens of the state of Maryland. The bill is by a stockholder in the first-named corporation, in behalf of himself and other stockholders. After stating what is the Seaboard & Roanoke Railroad Company, it avers that, it is in the control…
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