Moulton v. Lathrop

Citations

• 77 Pa. Super. 109
• 1921 Pa. Super. LEXIS 218

Syllabus

<p>Corporations — Foreign corporations — Internal management — Stochholder’s hill — Equity.</p> <p>The courts of this state will not take jurisdiction of a ease involving the internal management of a foreign corporation. Where the plaintiff is seeking to interfere with the internal management of a foreign corporation, he must seek his redress ir. the domicile of the corporation.</p> <p>Where the act complained of in a stockholder’s bill affects the complainant solely in his capacity as a member of the corporation, whether it be as a stockholder, director, president or other officer, and is the act of the corporation whether acting in stockholders’ meeting or through its agent, the board of directors, such action is the management of the internal affairs of the corporation and in case of a foreign corporation, the courts of Pennsylvania will not take jurisdiction.</p>