Hastings v. International Paper Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, Frederick E. Hastings, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendants, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 21st day of December, 1918, dismissing the complaint on the merits upon the decision of the court after a trial at the New York Special Term.
1Opinion of the Court
Merrell, J.:
The plaintiff, who is a preferred stockholder of the International Paper Company, brings this action, in his own behalf and in behalf of others similarly situated, to compel the company, through its board of directors, to declare deferred dividends which had accumulated on the preferred stock held by the plaintiff and others.
In 1916 the board of directors of the defendant company began the consideration of a plan to provide funds for the purpose of retiring outstanding bonds soon to fall due and for the payment of accumulated dividends on the preferred stock. It was also…
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