Smith v. Pilot Mining Co.
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from the St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Hon. Daniel D. Fisher, Judge. (1) Equity will compel corporation to transfer .stock when it has no market value. Cushman v. Mfg. Co., 53 How. Pr. 60; s. c., 76 N. Y. 365. (2) The courts of this state have jurisdiction to grant the relief asked. For jurisdictional purposes the residence of a corporation is at its chief place of business.
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Appeal from the St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Hon. Daniel D. Fisher, Judge. (1) Equity will compel corporation to transfer .stock when it has no market value. Cushman v. Mfg. Co., 53 How. Pr. 60; s. c., 76 N. Y. 365. (2) The courts of this state have jurisdiction to grant the relief asked. For jurisdictional purposes the residence of a corporation is at its chief place of business. Bristol v. Bail-road, 15 111. 436 ; Bailroad v. Paulk, 21 Ga. 356 ; Bank v. Gibson,' 11 Ga. 455; Jenkins v. Stage Co., 22 Cal. 537; Thorne v. Bailroad, 26 N. J. L. 121; Edwards v. Bank, 1 Fla. 136 ; Pennsylvania…
1Opinion of the CourtRombatter, P. J.
This is a bill in equity, brought by the plaintiff to compel the defendant corporation to place his name on its stock book as the owner of certain shares of stock of said corporation, purchased by him at a sale under execution against the defendant Lonergan, and to issue to him certificates of stock.
The petition states in substance that, while the defendant corporation was chartered by the state of Illinois, it has ever since its organization exercised all its corporate franchises and functions wholly within the state of Missouri; that all its officers and directors reside in the .city of St.…
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- City Fire Insurance v. CarrugiSupreme Court of Georgia · 1871
- City of St. Louis v. Wiggins Ferry Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1867
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