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POLLOCK v. FARMERS' LOAN & TRUST CO.

No. 893.

157 U.S. 429 (1895)

POLLOCK v. FARMERS' LOAN AND TRUST COMPANY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 8, 1895.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. W.D. Guthrie for Pollock, appellant in 893, and Hyde, appellant in 894. Mr. Benjamin H. Bristow, Mr. David Willcox, and Mr. Charles Steele were with him on his brief.

Mr. Clarence A. Seward for Pollock, appellant in 893, and Hyde, appellant in 894.

Mr. George F. Edmunds for Moore, appellant in 915. Mr. Samuel Shellabarger and Mr. Jeremiah M. Wilson were with him on his brief.

Mr. Herbert B. Turner filed a brief on behalf of The Farmers' Loan and Trust Company, appellee in 893.

Mr. William Jay and Mr. Flamen B. Candler filed a brief on behalf of The Continental Trust Company, appellee in 894.

Mr. James C. Carter for the Continental Trust Company, appellee in 894. Mr. William C. Gulliver was with him on the brief.

Mr. Joseph H. Choate for Pollock, appellant in 893, and for Hyde, appellant in 894. Mr. Charles F. Southmayd was on his brief.

MR. CHIEF JUSTICE FULLER, after stating the case as above reported, delivered the opinion of the court:

The jurisdiction of a court of equity to prevent any threatened breach of trust in the misapplication or diversion of the funds of a corporation by illegal payments out of its capital or profits has been frequently sustained. Dodge v. Woolsey, 18 How. 331; Hawes v. Oakland, 104...

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