State ex rel. Gentles v. Barnholt

The parties, appearing here in the same order as they appeared in the trial court, represent opposing slates of directors of Western Oil Fields, Inc., a Colorado corporation. Each claims to have been elected at a meeting of the shareholders of the corporation in Honolulu, Hawaii, in September of 1958, for the 1958-59 term. It appears that the company has over 10,000 stockholders and 5,000,000 authorized shares of voting stock, the majority of which is outstanding.

The action is in the nature of quo warranto under Rule 106 (a) (3), R.C.P. Colo., to test the right of the Barnholt slate of…