Rossmassler v. Spielberger
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 248, Jan. T., 1921, by plaintiffs, from decree of C. P. No. 2, Phila. Co., Sept. T., 1919, No. 5622, dismissing bill in equity, in case of Susan W. Rossmassler (nee Susan W. Nice) and Katherine S. Nice Ellis v. Louis N. Spielberger et al., voting trustees and Franklin B. Kirkbride, assignee of creditors. Bill in equity for injunction, and for cancellation of voting trust certificates and certificates of stock and for general relief.
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Appeal, No. 248, Jan. T., 1921, by plaintiffs, from decree of C. P. No. 2, Phila. Co., Sept. T., 1919, No. 5622, dismissing bill in equity, in case of Susan W. Rossmassler (nee Susan W. Nice) and Katherine S. Nice Ellis v. Louis N. Spielberger et al., voting trustees and Franklin B. Kirkbride, assignee of creditors. Bill in equity for injunction, and for cancellation of voting trust certificates and certificates of stock and for general relief. Before Rogers, J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. The court entered a decree dismissing the bill. Plaintiffs appealed. Error…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Me. Justice Simpson,
Plaintiff, one of the appellants here, filed a bill in equity against nine individuals, alleging therein that she had been the legal and still was the equitable owner of certain shares of the preferred and common stock of the Nice Ball Bearing Company (hereinafter called the Nice Company); that by sundry agreements, which she recites, five of the defendants became voting trustees of all the stock of the company, and held the legal title thereto; that Kirkbride, another defendant and appellee here, also claims to be the equitable owner of all the stock; that a…
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