New York Supreme Court November 15, 1902 (Hosmer v. Standard Shoe Machinery Co.)

Scott, J.

In the year 1899 the plaintiffs were the owners of a large proportion of the stock of the Bay State Shoe Machinery Company, a Maine corporation. The defendant Darragh proposed to incorporate a company in Hew Jersey to be known as the Standard Shoe Machinery Company, for the purpose of acquiring the ownership of or a controlling interest in a number of shoe machinery companies, including