Chamberlain v. Detroit Stove Works
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Wayne. (Donovan, J.) Assumpsit. Both parties bring error. The facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtHooker, J.
The defendant is a manufacturing corporation organized under the act of 1853, by the terms of which act its management is lodged in a board of directors elected annually. The officers, including president and secretary, were elected annually. In June, 1885, the president died, and was succeeded by the vice president, Mr. Barbour, who was regularly elected president in the following January, and has since held the office.
Previous to the death of the former president, the plaintiff was employed in the office of the company at an annual salary of $3,500. Having acquired some stock, he was made a…
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