Doe Run Lead Co. v. Maynard
Supreme Court of Missouri
(1) The resolution favoring dissolution, upon which this proceedings based, and claimed to have been adopted at a special stockholders’ meeting of Doe Run Lead Company was not adopted by stockholders holding two-thirds in value of all the shares of stock in the company.
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(1) The resolution favoring dissolution, upon which this proceedings based, and claimed to have been adopted at a special stockholders’ meeting of Doe Run Lead Company was not adopted by stockholders holding two-thirds in value of all the shares of stock in the company. The charter and license of the St. Joseph Lead Company did not authorize the ownership and voting of stock of another corporation, (a) For the purposes of determining its right to own and vote stock in a Missouri corporation, the St. Joseph Lead Company could have no greater powers than a Missouri corporation. Sec, 3037, R. S.…
1Opinion of the CourtWilliamson, J.
This is a proceeding by the Doe Run Lead Company, incorporated, for dissolution under the provisions of Sections 2996 to 3000, inclusive, Revised Statutes 1909. Samuel R. Maynard and Robert Holmes, objecting stockholders, and the St. Joseph Lead Company filed answers. Upon a bearing below, a decree of dissolution was entered and from that decree Samuel-R. Maynard and Robert Holmes bave duly, but separately, appealed. Tbe two appeals bave been consolidated, however, and will be decided as one.
Tbe pleadings are voluminous; tbe evidence covers some twelve hundred pages; tbe property interests…
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