https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=96714 Relief that would in substance divest stock held in trust for the Crown, including rectification of the register and transfer of the stock into the plaintiff's name, could not be obtained by ordinary action and lay only by petition of right. A separate damages claim against the corporate defendants was not barred merely because the plaintiff's title might depend on challenging the impugned Crown authority, since that claim did not require direct relief against the Crown. The matter in controversy exceeded the statutory monetary threshold, so the plaintiff was entitled as of right to appeal to His Majesty in Council. en-us Thu, 14 May 1936 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 10 Jan 2012 15:31:54 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=96714 Relief that would in substance divest stock held in trust for the Crown, including rectification of the register and transfer of the stock into the plaintiff's name, could not be obtained by ordinary action and lay only by petition of right. A separate damages claim against the corporate defendants was not barred merely because the plaintiff's title might depend on challenging the impugned Crown authority, since that claim did not require direct relief against the Crown. The matter in controversy exceeded the statutory monetary threshold, so the plaintiff was entitled as of right to appeal to His Majesty in Council. Case-Laws Companies Law Thu, 14 May 1936 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=96714