Poole v. Miller

The appeal in this case is from a decree dismissing a shareholders’ suit against a building association and its president and other officers and directors. The suit involves controversies with regard to the conduct of the affairs of a building association and the rights of shareholders in its surplus.

The defendant association, The Progressive Building Association of Baltimore City (usually referred to below as “Progressive” or as the “Association”) was incorporated in July, 1912, under the corporation laws of Maryland, including, of course, those provisions of the corporation laws which are…