Legal Opinion

Foster v. Smith

California Supreme Court

Decided January 15, 1897No. S. F. No. 572PublishedCited by 29 opinions

Appeal from an order of the Superior Court of Marin County refusing to grant a preliminary injunction and dissolving a restraining order. F. M. Angellotti, Judge. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.

1Opinion of the CourtHarrison, J.

The annual meeting of stockholders for the election of directors of the San Francisco & North Pacific Railway Company was called to be held on the twenty-first day of January, 1896. On the 16th of January the plaintiffs herein filed their complaint in the superior court of Marin county against the defendants, in which they prayed for an injunction restraining the defendant, Smith, from casting any vote for directors at said annual meeting upon certain shares of stock, except in accordance with the result of a ballot previously had under the terms of a certain written agreement between him and…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. People Ex Rel. Geer v. Common Council of TroyNew York Court of Appeals · 1880
  2. In Re Peremptory Mandamus to ManningNew York Court of Appeals · 1893

3Cited by29 opinions

  1. Bisno v. SaxCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1959
  2. People's Home Savings Bank v. SadlerCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1905
  3. State ex rel. Cashman v. Board of CommissionersIndiana Supreme Court · 1899
  4. People v. ChamnessAppellate Division of the Superior Court of California · 1930
  5. Davies v. RamsdellCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1919

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