Hayes v. Morgan
Appellate Court of Illinois
Mandamus.—Trial in the Circuit Court of Henry County; the Hon. Frank D. Ramsey, Judge, presiding. Judgment for relator on demurrer. Appeal by respondents.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice Dibell
delivered the opinion of the court.
This was a petition filed in the court below by E. K. Haynes, F. E. Dabk, R. W. E. Hayes and Harrison Miner, stockholders of “ Hayes Pump and Planter Company,” of Galva, Illinois, against John H. Morgan, chairman, T. H. Johnston, secretary, and C. A. Hempstead, Will Calhoun and Adam Deem, tellers, seeking a mandamus to compel said tellers to recanvass the votes cast for directors of said corporation at a certain meeting of the stockholders, and to compel said chairman and secretary to record the result of said recanvass, and…
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