Deal v. Erie Coal & Coke Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 172, Oct. T., 1914, by defendant, from decree of C. P. Somerset Co., Equity Docket, 1914, No. 7, awarding an injunction in case of Levi Deal v. The Erie Coal & Coke Company, Perry C. Miller, E. M. Beachley, W. N. Moser and J. C. Reed, defendants. Bill in equity for an injunction.
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Appeal, No. 172, Oct. T., 1914, by defendant, from decree of C. P. Somerset Co., Equity Docket, 1914, No. 7, awarding an injunction in case of Levi Deal v. The Erie Coal & Coke Company, Perry C. Miller, E. M. Beachley, W. N. Moser and J. C. Reed, defendants. Bill in equity for an injunction. Before Ruppel, P. J. From the record it appeared that the material allegations of the bill which were supported by injunction affidavits were in substance that the plaintiff owned 450 shares of stock of the Erie Coal & Coke Company, a Pennsylvania corporation with a capital stock of $150,-000, divided…
1Opinion of the Court
Per Curiam,
This appeal is from a decree granting a preliminary-injunction to restrain the defendants until final hearing from holding a stockholders’ meeting for the election of officers of a corporation. The court had jurisdiction to make the decree complained of, Tunis v. Railroad, 149 Pa. 70; Jenkins v. Baxter, 160 Pa. 199, and we are not convinced that its discretion was, under the facts, improperly exercised. Upon an appeal from a decree granting or refusing a preliminary injunction'we look only to see if there were apparently reasonable grounds for the action of the court. If an appeal…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Jenkins v. BaxterSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1894
- Tunis v. Hestonville, Mantua & Fairmount Pass. R. R.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1892
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