Legal Opinion
Daniels v. Briggs
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided April 16, 1932PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWait, J.
This is a bill by a minority stockholder in the C. A. Briggs Company against the company, W. E. Briggs, a director of the corporation, and C. A. Briggs, its president, treasurer, a director and owner of all but two shares of its stock except the eighty shares owned by the plaintiff. The plaintiff and the individual defendants constitute the board of directors. The bill charged maladministration and misfeasance; refusal to declare and pay dividends although the corporation has a surplus and is in position to pay them; the payment of inordinate salaries to the individual defendants; arbitrary…
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