Brown ex rel. Van Buren v. Lawrence
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Ingham; Collingwood, J. Quo warranto by William C. Brown, prosecuting attorney, on the relation of George H. Van Burén, against Fred S. Lawrence to try the title to the office of director and president of the Lawrence & Van Burén Printing- Company. Judgment for relator. Respondent brings error.
1Opinion of the CourtStone, J.
This is a proceeding by information in the nature of quo warranto, filed in the Ingham circuit, to inquire by what warrant the defendant claimed to hold, use, exercise, and enjoy the offices of director and president of the Lawrence & Van Burén Printing Company, a corporation created by the authority of the State of Michigan, under Act No. 232 of the Public Acts of 1903 (2 Comp. Laws 1915, § 9017 et seq.). The legality of the election of directors at the stockholders’ meeting of July 16, 1915, was involved in this proceeding. There was a judgment of ouster of the defendant entered in the…
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