A History of the Northern Securities CaseUniveristy of Wisconsin, 1906 - 349 pages |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 21
Page 225
... owner of such stock , to exercise all the rights , powers , and privileges of owner- ship , including the right to vote thereon The nature of these powers , with respect to the signs of indebtedness of other corporations , has caused ...
... owner of such stock , to exercise all the rights , powers , and privileges of owner- ship , including the right to vote thereon The nature of these powers , with respect to the signs of indebtedness of other corporations , has caused ...
Page 231
... owners of all the Burlington stock , and , as such , they had the right thereafter to exercise all the rights and ... owner of such stock , while such a purchase might have been beyond the financial means of either company by itself ...
... owners of all the Burlington stock , and , as such , they had the right thereafter to exercise all the rights and ... owner of such stock , while such a purchase might have been beyond the financial means of either company by itself ...
Page 233
... owners could get an opportunity of exercising the authority which was assumed to reside in them , and which would give them the coveted control . This is why the pike did not swallow the bass . To the country at large and to Wall Street ...
... owners could get an opportunity of exercising the authority which was assumed to reside in them , and which would give them the coveted control . This is why the pike did not swallow the bass . To the country at large and to Wall Street ...
Page 235
... owner in the shares of the Burlington and responsibility for one - half of the purchase price of these shares , the transfers of the shares of the Northern Pacific or the control of the Northern Pacific to an interest that was adverse ...
... owner in the shares of the Burlington and responsibility for one - half of the purchase price of these shares , the transfers of the shares of the Northern Pacific or the control of the Northern Pacific to an interest that was adverse ...
Page 245
... owner and shipper . As a sovereign body , the state sought to enforce compliance with its statutory and constitutional provisions relating to the consolidation or combination of competing or parallel lines of railway and to combinations ...
... owner and shipper . As a sovereign body , the state sought to enforce compliance with its statutory and constitutional provisions relating to the consolidation or combination of competing or parallel lines of railway and to combinations ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
acquired agreement amount Anti-Trust Act anti-trust law April 21 Argument board of directors bonds Brief Burlington by-laws capital stock cent certificates charter circuit court circular Clough combination common stock company's competing lines competition congress consolidation contract corporation coupon bonds decision decree defendants distribution dividends E. H. Harriman executed freight Harriman hereby Hill holders holding company Ibid incorporated interstate commerce issued J. P. Morgan January Jersey Justice leases majority meeting ment Minnesota North Northern and Northern Northern Company Northern Pacific Company Northern Pacific Railway Northern Pacific stock Northern Railway Company Northern Securities Company November 18 opinion Oregon Short Line organization owner ownership Pacific Railway Company pany parallel and competing poration preferred stock president purchase purpose Railroad Company ratable rates restraint of trade retirement road stockholders suit supreme court Testimony thereof tion transfer books trial court Union Pacific interests United violation vote York
Popular passages
Page 284 - Commerce, undoubtedly, is traffic, but it is something more, — it is intercourse. It describes the commercial intercourse between nations, and parts of nations, in all its branches, and is regulated by prescribing rules for carrying on that intercourse.
Page 311 - Trimble, who, I am satisfied, are the persons named in and who executed the foregoing certificate; and I having first made known to them, and...
Page 225 - Jersey, or of any other state, territory or country; and, while owner of such stock, to exercise all the rights, powers and privileges of ownership, including the right to vote thereon.
Page 307 - ... Any corporation may purchase, hold, sell, assign, transfer, mortgage, pledge or otherwise dispose of the shares of the capital stock of, or any bonds, securities or evidences of indebtedness created by any other corporation or corporations of this or any other state, and while owner of such stock may exercise all the rights, powers and privileges of ownership, including the right to vote thereon.
Page 309 - Any officer elected or appointed by the Board of Directors may be removed at any time by the affirmative vote of a majority of the whole Board of Directors.
Page 287 - Great cases like hard cases make bad law. For great cases are called great, not by reason of their real importance in shaping the law of the future, but because of some accident of immediate overwhelming interest which appeals to the feelings and distorts the judgment.
Page 306 - County of Hudson. The name of the agent therein and in charge thereof, upon whom process against the corporation may be served, is Hudson Trust Company.
Page 310 - ... and to direct and determine the use and disposition of any surplus or net profits over and above the capital stock paid in; and in its discretion the board of directors may use and apply any such surplus or accumulated profits in purchasing or acquiring its bonds or other obligations, or shares of its own capital stock, to such extent and in such manner and upon such terms as the board of directors shall deem expedient...
Page 307 - To purchase, hold, sell, assign, transfer, mortgage, pledge or otherwise dispose of shares of the capital stock of any other corpora tion or corporations, association or associations, of the State of New Jersey, or of any other State.
Page 308 - Directors, may elect a successor to hold office for the unexpired portion of the term of the Director whose place shall be vacant, and until the election of a successor.