Bridgers v. . Staton

This is an action brought under Revisal, secs. 1188 and 1189, and seeks a mandamus to compel a reconvening of a meeting of the stockholders of a private corporation and an injunction against certain stockholders voting at such meeting.

The plaintiff complained, among other things, that he and the defendants had “pooled their stock,” which was a majority of the stock, under an agreement, to last ten years, that the directors were to be divided between them, and that the defendants had violated their agreement. Such agreement was against public policy and void, and his Honor properly held that…