Gregg v. Granby Mining & Smelting Co.
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Hon. L. B. Valliant, Judge. (1) The charter of a corporation formed under a general law, does not consist of the articles of association alone, but of such articles taken in connection with the law under which the organization takes place. “The provisions of the law enter into and form a part of the charter.”
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Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Hon. L. B. Valliant, Judge. (1) The charter of a corporation formed under a general law, does not consist of the articles of association alone, but of such articles taken in connection with the law under which the organization takes place. “The provisions of the law enter into and form a part of the charter.” People ex rel. v. Chicago Gas Trust Co., 130 111. 285; Morawetz on Private Corporations, sec. 318. And in case of contracts between natural persons, the same rule applies — “that the law is to be deemed a part of every contract; that is…
1Opinion of the CourtGantt, J.
— The undisputed facts upon this record are that the Granby Mining and Smelting Company was incorporporated on the sixth day of April, 1864, under the provisions of an act of the General Assembly of this State entitled, “An Act relative to incorporations for manufacturing and other purposes,” approved February 15, 1864, for the purpose of carrying on the mining and smelting business.
This act (Laws 1863, p. 20, see. 2) provided with reference to the election of directors: “Such election shall be made by such of the stockholders as shall attend in person, or by proxy in writing; each…
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