Brewer v. Proprietors of the Boston Theatre
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Three bills in equity by Gardner Brewer and twenty-four others, stockholders in the corporation chartered by the St. of 1858, c. 79, under the name of The Proprietors of the Boston Theatre.
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Three bills in equity by Gardner Brewer and twenty-four others, stockholders in the corporation chartered by the St. of 1858, c. 79, under the name of The Proprietors of the Boston Theatre. The bills were inserted in writs, each of which was dated June 21, 1869, and were filed August 2, 1869. The first bill, which was brought in behalf of the plaintiffs and all other stockholders of the corporation except such a? were made defendants, against the corporation and Orlande Tompkins, Benjamin W. Thayer and George N. Faxon, alleged that the corporation owned a theatre in Boston; that the number of…
1Opinion of the CourtWells, J.
These three bills are brought by certain stockholders of a corporation, in behalf of themselves and all other stockholders not joined as defendants, to recover, for the benefit of the corporation, profits supposed to have been gained to its prejudice, and damages for losses suffered by it, through the improper conduct of certain of its officers during several years past, in leasing its property to parties with whom they secretly confederated to share in the advantages of the contracts so made. The corporation is joined as a party defendant.
One question raised by the demurrers is, whether the…
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