Geneva Mineral Springs Co. v. Steele
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, Geneva Mineral Spriiigs Company, Limited, and by the defendant, Mary E. Coursey, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of certain of the defendants, entered in' the office of the clerk of the county of Ontario on the 11th day of March, 1905, upon the report of a referee.
1Opinion of the Court
Nash, J.:
The action is brought to determine the ownership of the capital stock of the plaintiff corporation; to call in certain certificates purporting to be certificates of its capital stock; to declare certain of SUeh certificates void, and that the respective rights of all persons *708who have or claim to have any of the shares of the capital stock of the plaintiff he determined.
The recital' of the history of the corporation and its affairs' is. required to show the necessity for and the particular purpose of the action.
In' 1885 Stephen Ooursey, Andrew J-. Eshenour and Charles A. Steele…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Geneva Mineral Spring Co. v. CourseyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1899
- Geneva Mineral Springs Company v. . CourseyNew York Court of Appeals · 1902
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