LONG v. BROCKTON TAUNTON GAS CO.


341 Mass. 143 (1960)

167 N.E.2d 615

JOSEPH LONG & others vs. BROCKTON TAUNTON GAS COMPANY & others.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Plymouth.

June 6, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Albert C. Doyle, for the plaintiffs.

Edward H. Stevens, (Eben G. Townes with him,) for the defendants.

Present: WILKINS, C.J., SPALDING, WILLIAMS, WHITTEMORE, & CUTTER, JJ.


WHITTEMORE, J.

The plaintiffs, minority stockholders of the defendant corporation (the defendant), sought to enjoin the sale and rental at retail of heaters, stoves and other appliances which use gas as a fuel as beyond the scope of the charter powers. These were, in substance, the manufacture and sale of gas. The judge in the Superior Court found that "The sale and rental of appliances has proved very profitable to the defendant company. While such sales and rentals...

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