Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1892-06-17
NEAT. CHEAP AND RAPID.
Little Falls on the second Monday Of

- duly elected Directors of said Company
- as at the preceding election, and con
" tinued to hold office as such Directors
le until January q, 1888, when they re-
b signed and Ashley G. Morril, Claud b
II Leonard, Edward NJ. Johnson, W. c.
u Johnson, and John A. Lundeen were
IS duly elected Directors who held such
II offices until the next annual meeting.
}, That at the annual meeting of the
J, stockholders of said Company held at
the said Little Falls on Monday the 18th
e day of August 1883, A. c, Morrill, was
J.; the owner Of 297 shares OF stock in his
# own rights and holding proxies as fol-
t lows:
One share Of stock, L. NJ. Johnson,
] One share Of stock, A. A. Lundeen,
One share of stock, G.. b. Leonard,
| Ten shares of stock, Estate Z. W.
, Cutter.
W. C. johnson holding one share in
T his own right, defendant e. A. Bullen
holding in his own right: AZ shares and
proxies as follows .s.s..-,.s@ Il 4
Ten shares of defendant, Charles F.
Mayhew,
Eight shares of stock of Almer E.
Hayes,
Thirteen shares of stock of George
Bullen,
! Z. A. Roach holding in his own right,
16 shares of stock and proxies as fol-
lows:
Five shares of stock, r. j. Baldwin,
One share Of stock, J. II. Thompson.
E. w. Rossman with proxy, for five
shares of Nathan IIerrick. The votes
on shares owned and represented by
said Morrill, and W. c. johnson in num-
ber 31l shares, were cast for the follow
ing named directors, a. {. Morrill,, r.
M. johnson, w. G. Johnson. G. B. Leon
ard and j. A. Lundeen and the remain
der, being l2S shares were cast for G. "A.
Bullen, c. f. Mayhem, W. d. Babbit
Nathan IIerrick and Chester Roach.
The persons for whom the 'll votes
were cast as aforesaid were duly elected
directors of said company and SO de-
clared without objections and the per
sons so elected continued to act as such
directors and transact the business Of
said company as such with the full
knowledge and acquiescene of defen-
dants Bullen and Mayhem and said Dl-
rectors and said organization so constl-
tutcd has continued to transact and
manage the business of said company
ever since without interference or hlll-
drance on the part Of said Bullen and
Mayhew or persons acting with them
up to the time Of the commencement OF
this action.
That since the 37th day of January
1883. the plaintiff has been the duly
elected and acting president of said Lit
tie Falls Manufacturing Company and
Edward NJ. johnson was from january
9th, 1888, to August 1855, the duly elect
ed and acting Secretary Of said com
pany.
That more than six years had elapsed
since the transactions complained of i'll
the answer herein of said Iu..!en and
Mayhem and the nature and character
Of said transactions were fully known
to and acquisced in by said Bullen and
Mayhem more than six years prior to
the commencement Of this ASTON.
That the conveyances mentioned IN
the answer of said Bullen and Mayhem
have been fully ratified and confirmed
by said company and acquiesced ii by
said defendants Bullen and Mayhem
long before the commencement of this
action.
That neither the Charles n. Bullen,
Charles F. Mayhem. W. d. Babbitt,
Nathan IIerrick or Chester Roach, men
toned in said answer have been either
officers or directors Of said company
since the second Monday of August,
1881, nor have they, OF any of them at
tempted to transact any of the business
of such company as such except the pre-
tended election of officers each year.
That neither they, nor any OF the, as Of
Gcers, stockholders or individuals or
otherwise, have ever taken any steps
looking to the care, management or pre-
servation of any property of said COM
pany, nor have they made any attempt
to prevent plaintiff and those acting
with him, from exercising the
functions Of officers Of said company
nor have they or any Of them taken
any steps to set aside any OF thccon-
veyances set up in said answer
though claiming and pretending to
be officers of said company, the de-
iendant Bullcn- claiming and pre-
tending to have been president since
the 18th day OF August 1883 and de-
fendant Hcrrick secretary from Au-
gust 18th, 1888. until lS>S, and there
after the defendant Hrrrick and said
Bullcn. Mayhcw Babbitt. licrrick
and Roach, since August 18th, 1>S',
directors.
That each OF said persons last
named have acquicscd in all Of TIL"
transactions complained OF in th"
answer with full notice and know
ledge OF the same and all thereof.
AS conclusions Of law l find that
plaintiff is entitled to judgments.
that he is and was at the time OF the
commencement of this action, the
owner in fee of all the real estate
mentioned and described in the CON-
plaint herein.
That neither defendants or any OI
them have any right, title orintcrcst
in or to or lien upon said real estate
Or any thereof.
That neither OF defendants Bulien
sr Mayhew are entitled to answer
or defend herein on behalf OF said
company, and by their acts have
estopped themselves from SO doing.
That defendants by reason OF the
foregoing facts have estopped them
selves from in any manner question:
| ing plaintiffs title to the real es-
| tate above described.
That plaintiff have and recover OF
defendants Bullen and Mayhew his
costs and disbursements herein.
Frederick Weyerhaeuser paid 49, ,440
taxes to County Treasurer Frater a
few days ago, on lands in Cass
county. These lands have heretofore