Hart v. St. Charles Street Railroad

The opinion of the court on the original hearing was delivered by Spencer, J., and on the rehearing by Manning, C. J.

Spencer, J.

Plaintiffs owned, .as surviving widow and heirs of Henry

Hart, who was one of the original corporators of the defendant railroad, 818 shares of its capital stock.

The eighth article of the charter of said company is as follows :

“These articles of association may be modified or altered, and the capital stock may be increased to any sum not exceeding two millions of, dollars, in the manner provided by law, with the consent of two thirds in amount of all the stockholders,…