Jones v. Missouri-Edison Electric Co.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Missouri. Suit in equity by Morgan Jones and others against the Missouri-Edison Electric Companj'- and others.- Decree for defendants, and •complainants appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
WM. H. MUNGER, District Judge.
This action was brought by appellants, as stockholders of the Missouri-Edison Electric Company, to have set aside and declared illegal a consolidation of the Missouri-Edison Electric Company, hereinafter designated' “Edison Company,” with the Union Electric Eight & Power Company, hereinafter designated as “Union Company No. 1,” into the Union Electric Light & Power Company, hereinafter designated “Union Company No. 2.” A bill was filed, alleging that the consolidation was illegal and fraudulent for the reasons: (1) That it was unauthorized by the statutes of…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Jones v. Missouri-Edison Electric Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1906
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