Legal Opinion
Burrows v. Interborough Metropolitan Co.
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York
Decided July 9, 1907PublishedCited by 8 opinions
In Equity. On demurrers to bill.
1Opinion of the Court
HOLT, District Judge.
The questions presented in this case arise upon several demurrers filed by different defendants to the complainant’s bill. The demurrers are substantially alike. The principal ground of demurrer is want of equity; that is, that the bill states no cause of action. The object of the suit is to obtain an adjudication declaring that the transfer of certain stock of the defendant the Metropolitan Securities Company to the defendant the Interborough Metropolitan Company was illegal and void, and setting aside such transfer.
The substantial facts alleged in the bill or stated in…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Northern Securities Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1904
- Kent v. . Quicksilver Mining Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1879
- Talmage v. . PellNew York Court of Appeals · 1852
- Rafferty v. Buffalo City Gas Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1899
3Cited by8 opinions
- American Tobacco Co. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1945
- Knight & Jillson Co. v. MillerIndiana Supreme Court · 1909
- Continental Securities Co. v. Interborough Rapid Transit Co.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York · 1908
- Vitagraph, Inc. v. GrobaskiDistrict Court, W.D. Michigan · 1931
- Continental Securities Co. v. Interborough Rapid Transit Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1915
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