Gold Bluff Mining & Lumber Corp. v. Whitlock
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Suit to restrain the defendant stockholders of the plaintiff corporation from electing additional directors prior to the annual meeting, and from changing the by-laws for that purpose, brought to the Court of Common Pleas in Fairfield County and reserved by that court, Curtis, J., upon a demurrer to the complaint, for the advice of this court.
1Opinion of the CourtHall, J.
The complaint alleges, in substance, that the plaintiff company was organized in 1902, under the Corporation Act of 1901, with a capital stock divided into 1,200 shares of $100 each, of which the plaintiffs Walter Randall and Alton T. Terrell are each the owners of 280 shares, the-defendant Sturges Whitlock of 578 shares in his own right and 60 shares as trustee, and the defendants Prentice W. Chase and Charles H. Brewer each of one share; that the board of directors, consisting, under the present by-laws, of three members, is composed of the plaintiffs Randall and Terrell, and the defendant…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Handley v. StutzSupreme Court of the United States · 1891
- Pratt v. Pratt, Read & Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1866
- State ex rel. Kilbourn v. TudorSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1812
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