Legal Opinion

Wright v. Central California Colony Water Co.

California Supreme Court

Decided September 28, 1885No. 8445PublishedCited by 13 opinions

Appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court of the county of Fresno, and from an order refusing a new trial. The .facts are stated in the opinion of the court.

1Opinion of the CourtMcKee, J.

This was a proceeding to set aside an election for seven directors of the Central California Colony Water Company, a corporation organized and existing under the laws pf this State, having a capital stock of $30,000, divided into 192 shares o.f stock, of the par value of $156.25 each.

It is claimed that the petitioner was not qualified to inaugurate the proceeding to set aside the election, because he was not a bona fide stockholder, having stock in his own name on the stock books of the corporation, at least ten days prior to the election; and .that .the court did not find on that issue.

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2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Webb v. RidgelyCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1873
  2. Brown v. Pacific Mall Steamship Co.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York · 1867

3Cited by13 opinions

  1. Everett v. Noe v. Caspar Weinberger, Secretary of Health, Education & WelfareCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1975
  2. Wolfson v. AveryIllinois Supreme Court · 1955
  3. Whitehead v. SweetCalifornia Supreme Court · 1899
  4. Maddock v. Vorclone Corp.Court of Chancery of Delaware · 1929
  5. Colburn Biological Institute v. DeBoltCalifornia Supreme Court · 1936

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