Shaw v. Staight
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Hennepin county by the executors of the will of Winñeld S. Latón, deceased, substituted for their testator, and other stockholders of the Pacific Coast & Norway Packing Company to have four thousand shares of stock in that corporation' declared null and void. A demurrer to the complaint by defendant Staight was overruled, Simpson, J. Staight then answered. The corporation did not answer.
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Action in the district court for Hennepin county by the executors of the will of Winñeld S. Latón, deceased, substituted for their testator, and other stockholders of the Pacific Coast & Norway Packing Company to have four thousand shares of stock in that corporation' declared null and void. A demurrer to the complaint by defendant Staight was overruled, Simpson, J. Staight then answered. The corporation did not answer. Defendant Staight’s motion for judgment on the pleadings was denied, Frederick V. Brown, J. The case was tried before Dickinson, J., who also denied Staight’s motion for…
1Opinion of the CourtBrown, J.
The facts in this case are as follows: The defendant Pacific Coast & Norway Packing Company is a corporation duly created and existing under the laws of this state. It was incorporated in May, 1900, for manufacturing purposes, with authority to prepare, sell, and dispose of all kinds of canned goods, pickles, smoked and dried herring, fish, and other sea foods, and to acquire, own, and hold all property necessary to the conduct of its business. Its capital stock was placed at $1,000,000, divided into one hundred thousand shares of a par value of ten dollars each. At the first meeting of the…
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