Walsh v. State ex rel. Cook
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Mobile Law and Equity Court. Heard before Hon. Saffold Berney. Mandamus by the State on the relation of Thomas L. Cook ■and others against J. M. Walsh and others as directors of the Mobile Towing and Wrecking Company to compel them to take the necessary steps to hold an annual meeting of the stockholders of the corporation. From a decree granting the writ the respondents appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtThomas, J.
— This is an. appeal from an order granting the writ of mandamus commanding the directors of the Mobile Towing & Wrecking Company to take the necessary steps to hold an annual meeting of the stockholders of said company. The order was made on submission upon the petition for the writ, with the answers of the defendants thereto, and the admission that witnesses present would testify to the truth of the allegations of defendants Pope, Walsh and Dorgan.
The question presented by this appeal is: When the by-laws of the corporation provide that the directors shall be elected at an annual meeting of…
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