Legal Opinion
Matter of Baker
New York Court of Appeals
Decided October 1, 1940PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtFinch, J.
These are two cases in which the main question concerns the power of Special Term to award costs in an appraisal proceeding brought by dissenting stockholders to fix the value of their stock. (Stock Corporation Law [Cons. Laws, ch. 59], § 21.)
The Baker and the Cheney cases arise out of the consolidation of the Utica Gas and Electric Company and the Syracuse Lighting Company, Inc., respectively, together with other public utility companies, to form the respondent Central New York Power Corporation, hereafter referred to as the corporation. In the Baker proceeding, 123 separate petitions were…
2Cases cited11 opinions
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- Matter of City of BrooklynNew York Court of Appeals · 1895
- Matter of Bickerton v. . N.Y. Theatre Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1921
- Matter of State of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1913
- Standard T. Co. v. . N.Y.C. H.R.R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1904
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- Ehde v. StateAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1940
- In the Matter of Merger and ConsolidationNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1949
- Ciufo v. CiufoNew York Supreme Court · 1946
- Conkling v. First National BankAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1955
- Sowma v. StateNew York Court of Claims · 1953
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