Kuehl v. Meyer
Missouri Court of Appeals
.Appeal from the St. Louis City Circuit Cou/rt. — -Hon. Leroy B. Valliant, Judge. (1) Under the articles of association the trustees have no power to maintain this action; they are not trustees of an express trust. Kuehl v. Meyer, 35 Mo.
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.Appeal from the St. Louis City Circuit Cou/rt. — -Hon. Leroy B. Valliant, Judge. (1) Under the articles of association the trustees have no power to maintain this action; they are not trustees of an express trust. Kuehl v. Meyer, 35 Mo. App. 211; Smith v. Finney, 49 N. W. Rep. 305; Heivett ■v. Hatch, 57 Yt. 16. (2) The failure of the society to hold meetings, taken in connection with what was done ■at the special meeting at which it was voted to dissolve, was in law an abandonment of the society, especially as the society did nothing to carry out the purposes of the organization between July…
1Opinion of the CourtBiggs, J.
— This is the third time that this case has been before us. 35 Mo. App. 206; 42 Mo. App. 474. The last opinion contains a statement of the principal facts, which makes it unnecessary to restate them here. The additional evidence adduced on the last trial will be stated in the course of the opinion. The action was •originally by the individual members of the society, and on the first appeal we decided that the suit was properly brought; but it was suggested in the opinion that, if the laws of the association provided for trustees in whom its property was vested, or who were to enforce…
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