Attorney General ex rel. Ruggles v. Buckley & Douglas Lumber Co.
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Manistee; Withey, J. Information in the nature of quo warranto by John E. Bird, attorney general, on the relation of Charles P. Buggies, against the Buckley & Douglas Lumber Company. A judgment for respondent on a verdict directed by the court is reviewed by relator on writ of error.
1Opinion of the CourtMoore, J.
The respondent corporation was organized in January, 1898, under Act No. 232, Pub. Acts 1885 (2 Comp. Laws, § 7037 et seq.). Its purposes as expressed in its articles are:
■“Thepurchase and sale of lands and timber; the manufacture, purchase, and sale of timber and lumber, and transacting a general manufacturing and lumber business and everything belonging thereto or connected therewith.”
Ever since its organization it has operated a sawmill at Manistee, and been engaged in the manufacture of lumber. In 1895 it erected a salt block, and engaged in the manufacture of salt in connection with the…
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