Meramec Spring Park Co. v. Gibson
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Crawford Circuit Court. — Eon. R. A. Breuer, Judge. (1) -By the general law in force at the time the Meramec Iron Company was incorporated it was provided that “every corporation, as snch has power: First, to have succession fey its corporate name, for the period limited in its charter, and when no period is limited, for twenty years.”
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Appeal from Crawford Circuit Court. — Eon. R. A. Breuer, Judge. (1) -By the general law in force at the time the Meramec Iron Company was incorporated it was provided that “every corporation, as snch has power: First, to have succession fey its corporate name, for the period limited in its charter, and when no period is limited, for twenty years.” G-. S. 1865, p. 362, sec. 1. And that “upon the dissolution of any corporation —the president and directors, or managers of the affairs of said corporation, at the time of its dissolution — shall fee trustees of such corporation, with full power to…
1Opinion of the CourtFaris, P. J.
— This- is an action to determine interest in certain real estate situate in Crawford County. Upon trial defendant had judgment, and plaintiff has appealed.
The common source of title is the Meramec Iron Company. Defendant claims through mesne conveyances from a sheriff’s deed bottomed upon a judgment and sale for taxes in an action instituted by publication against the Maramec -Iron Company. The plaintiff claims through a conveyance made in 1902 by all of the surviving directors of the Maramec Iron Com*398pany (sic), which conveyance was made pursuant to a written request of all the stockholders…
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