Brown v. Boston & Maine Railroad
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Bill in equity, filed in the Supreme Judicial Court on May 1, 1919, by two minority stockholders of the Boston and Maine Railroad under St. 1913, c. 784, § 27, to review, annul, modify or amend an order of the public service commission of March 25, 1919, approving an agreement dated November 26, 1918, for the consolidation of the railroad companies constituting the Boston and Maine Railroad system and a plan for the reorganization of that system under Spec.
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Bill in equity, filed in the Supreme Judicial Court on May 1, 1919, by two minority stockholders of the Boston and Maine Railroad under St. 1913, c. 784, § 27, to review, annul, modify or amend an order of the public service commission of March 25, 1919, approving an agreement dated November 26, 1918, for the consolidation of the railroad companies constituting the Boston and Maine Railroad system and a plan for the reorganization of that system under Spec. St. 1915, c. 380, as extended by Spec. St. 1917, c. 323. The case was heard by Braley, J., who made a final decree that the-bill be…
1Opinion of the CourtRugg, C. J.
This is a bill in equity by two owners of stock, one of fifty-five shares and the other of fifty-two shares, in the Boston and Maine Railroad,- under St. 1913, c. 784, § 27, “to review, annul, modify or amend” an order of the public service commission. That order was made pursuant to particular authority assumed to have been conferred by Spec. St. 1915, c. 380, as extended by Spec. St. 1917, c. 323, hereafter termed the special act. Eight railroads are joined with the members of the public service commission as defendants. The special act provided for *505a reorganization of the Boston and Maine…
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