McConnell v. Combination Mining & Milling Co.
Montana Supreme Court
Appeal from District Court, Silver Bow County; Willia/nv Clancy, Judge. Action by O. J. McConnell, administrator of tbe estate of William Thompson, deceased, and others, against the Combination Mining & Milling Company and others. From a judgment for defendants, and an order denying a motion for a new trial, plaintiffs appeal. The decision, is against law, because the attempted action of corporate trustees in voting salaries to themselves is void.
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Appeal from District Court, Silver Bow County; Willia/nv Clancy, Judge. Action by O. J. McConnell, administrator of tbe estate of William Thompson, deceased, and others, against the Combination Mining & Milling Company and others. From a judgment for defendants, and an order denying a motion for a new trial, plaintiffs appeal. The decision, is against law, because the attempted action of corporate trustees in voting salaries to themselves is void. “It would be a-reproach to the administration of justice” to permit such action to stand. (Butts v. Wood, 31 N. T. (Ct. of App.) 317; Martin v.…
1Opinion of the Court
MR. COMMISSIONER POORMAN
prepared the following statement of the case and opinion for the court:
Pleadings.
The original complaint in this cause was filed September 8, 1898. Subsequently several supplemental complaints and amendments were filed to meet new. conditions arising, or to put in issue facts alleged to have been discovered after the commencement of the action. It is alleged that the individuals named as defendants, pretending to act as trustees (directors) of the defendant corporation, wrongfully abandoned the principal office of the company, at Butte, Montana, and moved the books,…
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