Groel v. United Electric Co.
New Jersey Court of Chancery
Heard on bill and plea. The issue is raised upon a plea to the jurisdiction of the court. / The complainant, a resident of Few Jersey,-filed his hill against the United Electric Company of Few Uersey and the United Gas Improvement Company, a corporation of the State of Pennsylv&ma.
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Heard on bill and plea. The issue is raised upon a plea to the jurisdiction of the court. / The complainant, a resident of Few Jersey,-filed his hill against the United Electric Company of Few Uersey and the United Gas Improvement Company, a corporation of the State of Pennsylv&ma. He is a stockholder of the United Electric Company of Few Jersey, and the suit is brought by him in virtue of that fact, his allegation being that the company should have brought this suit but would not. The bill charges that the United Electric Company of Few Jersey was incorporated on the 4th of March, 1899, with…
1Opinion of the Court
Garrison, V. C.
The complainant raises an initial objection to the plea which requires consideration before the substance of the plea is dealt with.
It will be observed that the defendant recites in the commencement of its plea that it appears solely for the purpose of questioning the jurisdiction of the court and for no other purpose.
The complainant insists that since the court of chancery of New Jersey has undoubted jurisdiction of the subject-matter, and since one of the defendants, to wit, the United Electric Company, is within reach of the process of the court, and the sole ground on which…
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