Russell v. American Gas & Electric Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, Charles M. Russell, from an order of the Supreme Court, made at the New York Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 9th day of May, 1912,. dissolving an injunction and denying a motion for an injunction pendente lite.
1Opinion of the Court
McLaughlin, J.:
Action by a holder of 480 shares of the preferred stock of the defendant corporation to restrain a proposed issue of common stock unless the holders of both the preferred and common are permitted, upon the same terms, to subscribe therefor. A temporary injunction was obtained by an order to show cause, upon the return of which plaintiff’s motion for an injunction pendente lite was denied. From the order denying the motion plaintiff appeals.
The defendant is a domestic corporation with an authorized capital stock of $7,000,000, divided info 140,000 shares of the par value of $50…
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