Trask v. Chase
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
In Equity. In equity. On exceptions by defendants. Bill in equity brought by the plaintiffs against George E. Chase, Robert C. Williston, George W. Smith and the Bangor Jewelry and Optical Company, a corporation, in which said company the plaintiffs and the said Chase, Williston and Smith are stockholders, praying for injunctions both temporary and permanent, restraining the said Williston from voting certain shares of the stock of the corporation held by him, or otherwise…
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In Equity. In equity. On exceptions by defendants. Bill in equity brought by the plaintiffs against George E. Chase, Robert C. Williston, George W. Smith and the Bangor Jewelry and Optical Company, a corporation, in which said company the plaintiffs and the said Chase, Williston and Smith are stockholders, praying for injunctions both temporary and permanent, restraining the said Williston from voting certain shares of the stock of the corporation held by him, or otherwise exercising the rights of ownership over the same, and from transferring the same and also that he be ordered to surrender…
1Opinion of the CourtSavage, J.
This is a bill in equity brought by two stockholders in the Bangor Jewelry and Optical Company against all the other stockholders and the corporation itself. It is alleged in the bill, among other things, that the capital Stock of the corporation is $10,000, divided into 10,000 shares of the par value of one dollar each; that the plaintiffs, Trask and Skinner, and the defendants, Chase, Williston and Smith, are the owners of all the capital stock; that on February 1, 1909, which was the date of the last annual meeting prior to the filing of the bill, 8,025 shares had been issued, which were…
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