Legal Opinion

Elliott v. Puget Sound Wood Products Co.

Washington Supreme Court

Decided April 19, 1909No. 7713PublishedCited by 8 opinions

Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for King county, Morris, J., entered September 3, 1908, dismissing an action by stockholders to set aside a contract and appoint a receiver for a corporation.

1Opinion of the CourtDunbar, J.

This is an an equitable action against a corporation. The complaint in this case is so extremely lengthy that it is impossible to reproduce it here, and it is difficult to condense the essential statements of the complaint so that it may be intelligently understood or discussed. We will, however, accept practically the appellants’ statement of the-case. The action was brought by several stockholders, for themselves and other stockholders, of the Puget Sound Wood Products Company, a corporation, against the corporation. *638and B. W. Bell, R. N. Calkins, and R. S. Green, as president, manager, and…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Hawes v. OaklandSupreme Court of the United States · 1882
  2. Dunphy v. Traveller Newspaper Ass'nMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1888
  3. Wolf v. Pennsylvania RailroadSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1900
  4. Smith v. DornCalifornia Supreme Court · 1892

3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Goodwin v. CastletonWashington Supreme Court · 1944
  2. Bergman Clay Manufacturing Co. v. M. L. BergmanWashington Supreme Court · 1913
  3. Gruber v. Cater Transfer Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1917
  4. In Re F5 Networks, Inc.Washington Supreme Court · 2009
  5. Locals 302 & 612 of the International Union of Operating Engineers-Employers Construction Industry Retirement Trust ex rel. F5 Networks, Inc. v. McAdamWashington Supreme Court · 2009

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