Ashhurst's Appeal
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal from tbe decree of the Court at Nisi Prius: No. 38, to January Term 1865. In Equity. The bill was filed, January 12th 1866, by Lewis B. Ashhurst and William H. Ashhurst, for themselves and all other stockholders of the Montour Iron Company who may choose to become parties, &c., against Isaac S. Waterman, Thomas Beaver, John A. Lewis, The Pennsylvania Iron Company, The Montour Iron Company, Thomas Chambers, John Grove, administrator, &c., of John P. Grove, and others.
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Appeal from tbe decree of the Court at Nisi Prius: No. 38, to January Term 1865. In Equity. The bill was filed, January 12th 1866, by Lewis B. Ashhurst and William H. Ashhurst, for themselves and all other stockholders of the Montour Iron Company who may choose to become parties, &c., against Isaac S. Waterman, Thomas Beaver, John A. Lewis, The Pennsylvania Iron Company, The Montour Iron Company, Thomas Chambers, John Grove, administrator, &c., of John P. Grove, and others. Service of the subpoena was accepted for Waterman, Beaver, Lewis, and the Pennsylvania Iron Company, and returned…
1Opinion of the Court
Judge Strong
delivered the following opinion at Nisi Prius,
“ The complainants are stockholders of the Montour Iron Company, a corporation formed in 1844, for the purpose of making and manufacturing iron. By the provisions of its charter, the capital stock of the company was divided into 18,000 shares, of which the complainants hold 3328. The bill alleges that the' company has had no corporate meeting for several years; that there has been no pretence of an election for officers since the year 1860; that in all respects the stockholders have acted as if the franchises which the company held by…
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