Reilly v. Oglebay
West Virginia Supreme Court
SNYDER, Judge, furnishes the following statement of the case: The Northwestern Virginia Agricultural Society became a corporation of this State by act of the legislature in 1866, and in 1871, it was and still is the owner of about twenty-five acres of land, known as the “Fair-Grounds,” on "Wheeling Island in the city of Wheeling, Ohio county.
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SNYDER, Judge, furnishes the following statement of the case: The Northwestern Virginia Agricultural Society became a corporation of this State by act of the legislature in 1866, and in 1871, it was and still is the owner of about twenty-five acres of land, known as the “Fair-Grounds,” on "Wheeling Island in the city of Wheeling, Ohio county. The second section of the charter declares that, “The only purpose and object of said corporation shall be to advance and improve the condition of agriculture, horticulture, floriculture, stock and domestic animals," and the manufacturing, mechanical and…
1Opinion of the Court
Snydee, Judge:
The record does not show the grounds on -which the municipal court founded its decrees. The counsel for the appellants, however, state that it decided that no proper notice forthe stockholders’ meetingof Jnly9, 1881, had been given, and, therefore, what was done at said meeting was not binding and on that account perpetuated the injuntion. The first question then to be decided is the sufficiency of this notice.
In the absence of any by-law on the subject, the mode of calling a meeting of the stockholders of a corporation is prescribed by statutes as follows: “A general meeting of…
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