The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1891-06-02
CIRCUIT COURT CLOSES.
An Interesting Opinion as 20 the
Green Ridge Bank Case by
Judge Field.

The circuit court closed up its bus
iness to-day at noon snd adjourned
until June %.
The most important case disposed
of to-day was that off. Frank Tomlin
and others against The Farmers and
Merchants Bank Of Greenridge, No.,
in which the plaintiffs assert they
were allowed TO cast one
vote to each share of stock in the cleo
ton of board of directors aud that
the tellers Of said election were Sc
lected from the stockholders of the
bank all of which is contrary to law.
Judge Fields opinion in the mat
ter is given below in full:
Snow came the parties hereto by
their respective attorneys. and the
curt row being sufficiently advised
of AMI concerning The premises, doth
find the issues for the plaintiff and it
appearing to the court from the ale.
CATION OF the complaint and the evi.
dence submitted in the cause that the
annual election of the board OF di.
rectors OF the defendant corporation,
held at the banking house of the de-
!endant in Green Ridge, on the 9th
day Of January, 1891, was not con-
Quoted IN the manner required by
the statute in such cases made and
provided. 1t is ordered and adjudged
by the court that laid election be set
aside and for naught held and a
new election he'd in lieu
thereof aud the defendant and
It's officers and agents are hereby
ordered to call ano;her election in &C.
c"rdauce with the requirements Of the
statute for the election of a board of
such elction to be adver-
tised for ten days and to be held at
same banking house within thirty
DAYS from this da:e.
That the president of the defend
ant corporation shall appoint inspec
tors who shall receive ami canvass the
votes cast at said election and report
TO the president of the corporation
who shall on the first Monday in o.
tober, 1891, after said election pre-.
sent the ballots cast AT said election
and then return thereon 10 the judge
Of the court at the court house in Sc
data.
1t ia further ordered that
at ssid election no one shall be al.
lowed to vote directly or by proxy
for members of sail board OF directors
except such shareholders in whose
the shares OF stock Of the dc.
PENDANT corporation shall stand on the
the books Of said corporation, shall
have so stood for at least thirty days
previous to the 9th day Of January,
1891, and at sail election each share.
holder be allowed to cast ss many
votes in the aggregate as shall be
equal 10 he number OF shares of stock
20 bel; by him in said corporation
by the rumber Of directors
10 be elected ct such election and each
shareholder shall be allowed
10 cast the Whole number
If votes for one candidate
or distribute them among two or
more candidates. i
1t is further ordered that the de-
fendsnt and its officers and agents re-
port the proceedings 10 the court at
the court house in Sedalia on the
first Monday in October, 1891.
1t is further ordered that copy Of
this order be served upon the defen-
liant corporation and copy upon its
president and the cause is continued
Tor the further and final orders and
Judgment 10 this cause.
The Benevolent order of Hold Car
'iers were granted articles of incor.
poration. The articles set forth that
he object of the association is to train
Is members in the performance of
heir duties as hod carriers and to as
list and care for those in times of
ickness and distress.
The officers named for the fret year
ire President, John F. Waters
'ice-president, Charles Quarles; sec.
'e,ary, Ed. Poindexter; treasurer,
Henry Flynn chaplin, Alex Travis. |
md mar.hsl, Henry Allen.
THE RECORD.
John A. Ham Il Co. vs.. w. c.
Mcintosh; appeal; motion to dismiss |
ttachment sustained; judgment for
defendant on merits; plaintiffs file
notion for new trial.
In the matter of the Incorporation
{ the Hold Carriers Benevolent Union
{ Sedalia; Pro Forma decree or.
cred Incorporating the same.
Victoria Crawford vs.. Claiborne
divorce decree as prayed.
John j. Ward vs. Thomas E.
,reuorv Enuity. decree for defend.