Watson v. Huntington
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. Suit in equity by Wentworth Watson and others against Henry E. Huntington and others. Decree dismissing the bill, and complainants appeal.
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Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. Suit in equity by Wentworth Watson and others against Henry E. Huntington and others. Decree dismissing the bill, and complainants appeal. Plaintiffs, 38 in number, sued to have certain votes, east by defendant Huntington under a voting trust agreement, canceled so far as plaintiffs are concerned, and to have a conversion of the holdings of stock in the National Steel & Wire Company into the securities of the National Consolidated Wire & Cable Company set aside, so that plaintiffs, respectively, may be…
1Opinion of the CourtHunt, Circuit Judge
(after stating the facts as above). At the outset it is to be noted that one of the plaintiffs, Herbert Francis Smith, alleges that he bought shares in the National Steel & Wire Company in 1905, and that he is “still” the owner of the same number of shares that he bought in the holding corporation. It is true that in a subsequent paragraph of the complaint there is an allegation that “all” of the plaintiffs were induced to surrender their certificates of stock and right of voting the same in the holding company to the voting trustees and to convert their holdings into the securities of the…
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