In re Canal Constuction Co.

The Chancellor:

This case turns on whether 21,093 shares of common stock of Canal Construction Company standing on the books of the corporation in the name of Thomas F. Shea, administrator of the estate of John J. Shea, Sr., deceased (the father of the administrator), were entitled to be voted at the election.

The facts regarding said shares are as follows. John J. Shea, Sr., was the record owner of 33,750 shares of the common stock of said corporation. Upon his decease, his son, the petitioner, was appointed his administrator. He caused the stock to be transferred upon the books of the…