Laughlin v. Geer
Appellate Court of Illinois
Appeal from interlocutory order granting injunction. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook County; the Hon. Murray F. Tuley, Judge, presiding. Heard in the Branch Appellate Court at the March term, 1905. Statement by the Court. This is an appeal from an order granting an interlocutory injunction entered on March. 13, 1905. Notice of the application for the order was given to the defendants Henry D. Laughlin and Smith E. Allison.
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Appeal from interlocutory order granting injunction. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook County; the Hon. Murray F. Tuley, Judge, presiding. Heard in the Branch Appellate Court at the March term, 1905. Statement by the Court. This is an appeal from an order granting an interlocutory injunction entered on March. 13, 1905. Notice of the application for the order was given to the defendants Henry D. Laughlin and Smith E. Allison. No notice was given to the other defendants, Owen H. Eay, John G. Sanhorn and H. M. Perry. The motion was heard upon the verified bill of complaint and the verified…
1Opinion of the Court
¡¡VIr. Justice Smith
delivered the opinion of the court.
Appellants contend that the by-law in question is valid under the statute, and at common law; and secondly, that a court of equity is without jurisdiction to enjoin the proceedings of the board of directors.
Section 6, chapter 82, of the statute provides that “the directors or managers * * * may remove any officers when the interests of the corporation shall require.” The question arises under this statute, and the facts set forth in the pleadings, whether a director of a corporation is an officer of the corporation, and may be removed…
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