State ex rel. Hemmy v. Miller
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeals from orders of the circuit court for Dodge county: Chester A. Fowler, Judge. The first action was brought by ■plaintiff to test the right and title of defendant to the office of director of the Wisconsin Farmers Mutual Hail and Cyclone Insurance Company, a Wisconsin corporation with principal offices at Juneau, Wisconsin.
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Appeals from orders of the circuit court for Dodge county: Chester A. Fowler, Judge. The first action was brought by ■plaintiff to test the right and title of defendant to the office of director of the Wisconsin Farmers Mutual Hail and Cyclone Insurance Company, a Wisconsin corporation with principal offices at Juneau, Wisconsin. The last annual meeting of this company was held at its offices November 3, 1919. At this time there was to be held an election of director of the company to succeed T. P. Hemmy, the plaintiff. Both plaintiff and defendant were candidates for the office, and the…
1Opinion of the Court
The following opinion was filed November 16, 1920:
Siebecker, C. J.
The question is, Do the facts alleged in the complaint show that the 3,000 proxies presented by Pqutsch were legal votes, in view of the fact that the required revenue- stamps had not been affixed ? The complaint shows that the proxies were not stamped as required by the internal revenue act (U. S. Comp. Stats. 1918, § 6318o-, and sub. (11), Schedule A) and that they were rejected at the annual meeting for the election of officers of the insurance company upon that ground. It is to be observed that the question of the validity…
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