Winfree v. Riverside Cotton Mills
Supreme Court of Virginia
Appeal from a decree of the Corporation Court of the city of Danville. Decree for the defendants. Complainant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtBuchanan, J.
The first question to be determined in this case is whether or not the Riverside Cotton Mills, in which the appellant, who was complainant in the court below, was a stockholder, had the right, by a majority vote of all of its stockholders, to consolidate with the Dan River Power and Manufacturing Company, under the provisions of an act entitled “An act concerning corporations,” approved May 21, 1903, Acts of Assembly 1902-3-4, pp. 437, 476-480, and found in the Code of 1904 as chapter 46a.
By sub-section 40 of section 1105e of that Code, it is provided, with certain exceptions, which do not…
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