Common Sense Mining Co. v. Taylor
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Jasper Circuit Court. — Hon. Hugh Dabbs, Judge. (1) Inasmuch, as plaintiff’s by-laws provide that the board of directors shall have management and control of the business of the corporation, and shall meet on the second Tuesday of each month and at such other times -as the board may, by resolution, direct, and as said by-laws provide that no officer. or employee of the company shall have power to bind the company by contract without the express authority of the…
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Appeal from Jasper Circuit Court. — Hon. Hugh Dabbs, Judge. (1) Inasmuch, as plaintiff’s by-laws provide that the board of directors shall have management and control of the business of the corporation, and shall meet on the second Tuesday of each month and at such other times -as the board may, by resolution, direct, and as said by-laws provide that no officer. or employee of the company shall have power to bind the company by contract without the express authority of the board of directors, and as the board of directors did not by resolution or otherwise direct a meeting of the board to be…
1Opinion of the CourtGraves, P. J.
Both pleadings and proof in this cause are voluminous in the extreme. Plaintiff, a Missouri corporation, by its petition sues for the possession of a certain mining property in Jasper county, Missouri, which • it formerly held and possessed under a mining lease from another company. Monthly rents and profits.are alleged to be $2400. Waste is also charged in the aggregate sum of $25,000. The petition concludes with the prayer:
*8“Wherefore plaintiff prays judgment for the recovery of said premises, and $40,000 damages for unlawfully withholding the same from plaintiff, and the waste and injury…
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