Riley v. Callahan Mining Co.
Idaho Supreme Court
APPEAL from the District Court of the First Judicial District, for Shoshone County. Hon. Wm. W. Woods, Judge. Action by minority stockholders in an Idaho corporation, asking for the appointment of a receiver, the dissolution of the corporation, and a division of the assets of the corporation. Judgment for defendants.
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APPEAL from the District Court of the First Judicial District, for Shoshone County. Hon. Wm. W. Woods, Judge. Action by minority stockholders in an Idaho corporation, asking for the appointment of a receiver, the dissolution of the corporation, and a division of the assets of the corporation. Judgment for defendants. The old doctrine that minority stockholders had no relief and the conduct of the affairs of the corporation cquld only be investigated by the state on relation of the attorney general, if not supplanted, has, to a very great degree, been modified by the modern doctrine of…
1Opinion of the CourtSullivan, C. J.
This action was brought by the minority stockholders of an Idaho corporation, who demanded the appointment of a receiver, the dissolution of the corporation and a division of the property or assets of the corporation. Judgment was for the defendants. The appeal is from the judgment.
The following facts appear from the record:
The Callahan Mining Company, the defendant corporation in this case, was organized under the laws of Idaho in June, 1910, to do a general mining business. The term of its corporate existence was fixed at fifty years. Its stock, consisting of 1,500,000 shares, was…
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