State ex rel. Sears v. Wright
Nevada Supreme Court
This was an. original application to tbs Supreme Court for a writ of mandamus to compel respondents, W. T. Wrigbt, John Skae, L. Reynolds and Dennis Driscoll, as trustees of the Allen Company, a corporation formed and existing under the laws of the State of Nevada, to forthwith call a meeting of the stockholders of said corporation, for the purpose of holding an annual election of a board of trustees. . The form of the jurat to the petition was “ subscribed and sworn to…
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This was an. original application to tbs Supreme Court for a writ of mandamus to compel respondents, W. T. Wrigbt, John Skae, L. Reynolds and Dennis Driscoll, as trustees of the Allen Company, a corporation formed and existing under the laws of the State of Nevada, to forthwith call a meeting of the stockholders of said corporation, for the purpose of holding an annual election of a board of trustees. . The form of the jurat to the petition was “ subscribed and sworn to before me, this 15th day of May, A. d. 1875. Chas. F. Bicknell, Clerk.” This was the only affidavit annexed to the petition.…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court,
Hawley, C. J.:
Relator in his petition alleges: that the Allen. Company is a corporation; that its capital stock is divided into one thousand eight hundred and fifty shares; that relator is the oWner and in the actual possession of one thousand eight hundred and seventeen shares; that the business and affairs of the Allen Company is managed and controlled by respondents as trustees; “that there has been no election of a board of trustees or other officers, by the stockholders of said corporation, for over three years last past, nor has there been any stockholders’ meeting of said…
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