Keetch v. Cordner

ELIAS HANSEN, Chief Justice.

Plaintiffs instituted an original action in this court to obtain a writ of mandamus commanding the defendants to proceed to wind up the affairs of the defendant corpora tion and distribute its assets to the stockholders thereof. The sole question presented for determination is whether or not within constitutional limitations a corporation may, by amending its articles of incorporation, extend the period of its corporate existence.

Briefly, the material facts upon which this controversy is bottomed are these: On April 16, 1883, plaintiff North Union Irrigation…