Singer v. Salt Lake Copper Mn'f'g Co.
Utah Supreme Court
Appeal from district court, Salt Lake county; Ogden Hiles, Judge. Suit by Edward T. Singer against the Salt Lake City Copper Manufacturing Company, Abraham Hanauer, Stephen A. Harrison, and others. From the decree rendered, defendants Hanauer and Harrison appealed.
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Appeal from district court, Salt Lake county; Ogden Hiles, Judge. Suit by Edward T. Singer against the Salt Lake City Copper Manufacturing Company, Abraham Hanauer, Stephen A. Harrison, and others. From the decree rendered, defendants Hanauer and Harrison appealed. There are a large number of well-considered cases that hold that a director who is abroad and traveling abroad, or who cannot be readily reached to attend directors’ meetings, need not be notified, and that in the absence of notice under such circumstances, the meeting will be upheld. Chase v. Tuttle, 55 Conn. 455; 3 A. S. E. 64, 2…
1Opinion of the CourtBabtch, J.
(after stating the facts):
The first assignment of error which we will consider is the one respecting the holding of the court, that the first trust deed, or that executed June 1, 1894, is valid. The appellants insist that it is void, and appear to-base their contention upon the grounds that the meetings of the board at which it was authorized and executed were not legally called, that the deed was not signed by the president and secretary, and that one of the beneficiaries was a director of the corporation, and participated in the meeting at Denver when the trust deed was executed. Under…
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