Oglesby v. Attrill
Supreme Court of the United States
Ebbob to the Circuit Court of the United States for the District) of Louisiana. The petition of the plaintiff alleges that he had become the-sole owner of all the • capital stock of the Crescent City GasLight Company, a corporation created by an act of the legislature of Louisiana,'approved April 20, 1870; that the stock was divided into 30,000 shares, of $100 each; that, in March, 1875, he entered into negotiations with the New Orleans GasLight Company, another corporation…
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Ebbob to the Circuit Court of the United States for the District) of Louisiana. The petition of the plaintiff alleges that he had become the-sole owner of all the • capital stock of the Crescent City GasLight Company, a corporation created by an act of the legislature of Louisiana,'approved April 20, 1870; that the stock was divided into 30,000 shares, of $100 each; that, in March, 1875, he entered into negotiations with the New Orleans GasLight Company, another corporation created under the laws of that State, for an amalgamation of the two companies, pursuant to an act of the legislature of…
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Justice Field,
after stating the casé, delivered the* opinion of the court.
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We do-not deem it necessary to consider the rulings of the court upon the admission of evidence, nor the instructions given to the jury, nor those refused. The affirmance of the judgment may be rested on the compromise made-between the defendants — the petitioners in reconvention — and: the company, assuming that in its absence the petition in reconvention disclosés a cause of action against the plaintiff below. They' allege that a fraud was practised on them by the -directors of the company at his instigation;…
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