Legal Opinion
Ripley v. International Railways of Central America
New York Court of Appeals
Decided December 1, 1960PublishedCited by 62 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtVan Voorhis, J.
This is a minority stockholders’ suit on behalf of International Railways of Central America (hereafter described as Irca) against United Fruit Company (hereafter described as United) to recover damages arising from what are claimed to have been insufficient freight rates charged by Irca for the transportation in Guatemala of bananas for export and of imported materials and supplies for United or its subsidiary. *436Exerting practical control over Irca, United is charged with having obtained inadequate rates for its advantage to the detriment of Irca’s minority stockholders. Without restating the…
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