South Spring Hill Gold Mining Co. v. Amador Medean Gold Mining Co.
Citations
- 145 U.S. 300
- 12 S. Ct. 921
- 36 L. Ed. 712
- 1892 U.S. LEXIS 2140
Syllabus
<p>The court, being informed that the control of both the corporations, parties to this suit, had come into the hands of the same persons, but that-there was a minority of stockholders in the Amador Mede&n Gold Mining Company who -retained the interest that they had, at the- time the decision was rendered — that the two corporations were still in existence and-organized — and that the present managers and owners of the properties were anxious that the question should be decided, in order that the minority of the stockholders might receive whatever, by the finding of the court, would be due to them — reverses the judgment and remands the case for further pr.oceedings in conformity to law, without considering or passing upon the merits of the case in any respect.</p>
How courts have described this case
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- concluding that the court could not adjudicate a matter between two corporations which, since the lower court ruling, had come under the control of the same persons
- concluding that the court could not adjudicate a matter between two corporations which, since the lower court ruling, had come under the control of the same persons
- dismissing appeal after defendant and plaintiff corporations merged to become one entity
- ‘We cannot ... consent to determine a controversy in which the plaintiff has become the dominus litis on both sides.”
- “We cannot ... consent to determine a controversy in which the plaintiff has become the dominus litis on both sides.”
- “We cannot . . . consent to determine a controversy in which the [plaintiff] has become the dominus litis on both sides.”’
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Judges: Fuller
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