Venner v. Southern Pac. Co.
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 Clarence H. Venner against the Southern Pacific Company and others. Decree for defendants, and complainant appeals. The plaintiff is a citizen mid resident o£ the city and state of New York. The defendant, the Southern Pacific Company, hereinafter called the Southern Company, is a corporation organized under the laws of the state of Kentucky.
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Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. Suit in equity by Clarence H. Venner against the Southern Pacific Company and others. Decree for defendants, and complainant appeals. The plaintiff is a citizen mid resident o£ the city and state of New York. The defendant, the Southern Pacific Company, hereinafter called the Southern Company, is a corporation organized under the laws of the state of Kentucky. The plaintiff is the owner and holder oE 200 shares of the capital stock of the Southern Company, of the par value of $100 each. The outstanding…
1Opinion of the Court
ROGERS, Circuit judge
(after stating the facts as above). This is a stockholders’ suit, which, having been originally commenced in the Supreme Court of the state oí New York, was removed into the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York, on January 5, 1921, under an order from the state court, which was obtained by the defendants the Southern Company and the Oil Company. Thereafter the plaintiff obtained from the District Judge an order requiring the defendants above named to show cause why the action should not be remanded to the state court. In due time the…
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