Kennett v. Woodworth-Mason Co.
Supreme Court of New Hampshire
Probate Appeal. Facts found by the court. By an agreement dated September 1, 1892, duly recorded in the offices of the city clerk of Manchester and the secretary of state, five citizens of Massachusetts associated themselves together to form a corporation, to be known as The Woodworth-Mason Company, “ for the purpose of manufacturing lumber into boxes, and the sale of the same, to lease, purchase, and convey real estate,, to buy and sell personal property, and to do all acts…
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Probate Appeal. Facts found by the court. By an agreement dated September 1, 1892, duly recorded in the offices of the city clerk of Manchester and the secretary of state, five citizens of Massachusetts associated themselves together to form a corporation, to be known as The Woodworth-Mason Company, “ for the purpose of manufacturing lumber into boxes, and the sale of the same, to lease, purchase, and convey real estate,, to buy and sell personal property, and to do all acts incident to-the purposes above set forth.” The agreement stated that the office of the corporation shall be in…
1Opinion of the CourtChase, J.
The articles of association do not state the place in which the business of the corporation is to be carried on, as required by the statute. P. S., e. 147, s. 2. The statement that the office of the corporation shall be in Manchester is not suffi*433cient. The office referred to evidently was that of the clerk, who is a mere recording officer. P. S.,c. 148, s. 11. The holding of stockholders’ meetings in his office does not make it the place where the corporation’s business is carried on. The action of such meetings relates to the organization and general conduct of the business of the…
2Cited by1 opinion
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