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Lyman G. Mason, Respondent, v. Willard F. Robison, Individually and as Trustee, et al., Appellants, 1898 — 155 N.Y. 634 · caselaw · US
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Lyman G. Mason, Respondent, v. Willard F. Robison, Individually and as Trustee, et al., Appellants
155 N.Y. 634·New York Court of Appeals·1898·NY
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Lyman G. Mason, Respondent, v. Willard F. Robison, Individually and as Trustee, et al., Appellants.
(Argued January 18, 1898;
reargument ordered February 1, 1898.)
[MAJORITY]
Reargument ordered upon the question: Whether the plaintiff and defendants were not engaged in a common scheme as directors to defraud the stockholders of the company, and whether, if that be the case, the courts should interfere in behalf of either.