48:15-56. Proceedings where stockholder dissents
Any stockholder of a company whose property and franchises shall be leased pursuant to section 48:15-55 of this Title and who shall not assent to the lease, or who shall resist or object to the making thereof, may within 30 days after the making of the lease, apply by complaint to the Superior Court to appoint 3 disinterested persons to estimate the damage if any done to the stockholder by the lease and to appraise his stock at the full market value thereof without regard to any depreciation or appreciation in consequence of the lease. The award of the person so appointed or a majority of them when confirmed by the court shall be final and conclusive.
The lessor company may at its election pay to the stockholder either the amount of damages so found and awarded, if any, or the value of the stock so ascertained. Upon the payment of such value of the stock, the stockholder shall transfer the stock to the lessor company to be disposed of or retained for the benefit of the remaining stockholders.
If the value of the stock is not so paid within 30 days from the filing of such confirmation of the award by the court and notice to the lessor company, the damage so found and confirmed shall be judgment against the company and collected as are other judgments.
Amended by L.1962, c. 198, s. 184.