De Koven v. Lake Shore & M. S. Ry. Co.
District Court, S.D. New York
In Equity. Suit by Annie L. De Koven and Cecil Barnes, as trustees, etc., against the Rake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway Company and the New York Central & Hudson River Railroad Company. On application for preliminary injunction.
1Opinion of the Court
GRUBB, District Judge.
This is an application by the plaintiffs for a preliminary injunction, restraining the defendant from completing a projected consolidation of the two railroad companies who are the defendants in the bill of complaint. The bill is filed by one of the minority stockholders of the defendant the Take Shore & Michigan Southern Railway Company, owning 500 shares of its capital stock, on behalf of the plaintiffs and all other of its stockholders, who may after its filing desire to unite with plaintiffs therein.
The proposed consolidation is attacked by the plaintiffs and its…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Imperial Mach. Co. v. N. R. Streeter & Co.District Court, W.D. New York · 1914
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