Legal Opinion
Beck v. Beck Investment Co.
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Decided May 20, 1946PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtRector, J.
Art. VII of the articles of incorporation of the Beck Investment Company provides that “each member shall be entitled to .one vote for each share of stock of which he is the owner and registered holder.” Sec. 4, art. II, of the bylaws provides that “only such persons shall be entitled to vote in person or by proxy who shall appear as stockholders on the books of the corporation at the time of said meeting.”
The appellants claim that the respondent Ida Beck was not entitled to vote at the meeting of January 4, 1945, except to the extent of twenty-four shares, since no certificate of stock had…
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