Add to ORKGThe Big Bend Land Company was in the process of liquidation. The articles of incorporation provided for preferred stock which in the event of any liquidation . . . was . . . entitled to be paid in full the par value thereof, and all accrued unpaid dividends thereon before any sum shall be paid to or any assets distributed among . . . the common stock. No dividends had ever been declared or paid, nor had there ever been any surplus profits. After discharging all corporate liabilities, including payment of the par value of the preferred stock, the liquidating trustees brought suit for a declaratory judgment as to the disposition of the substantial assets remaining. A Washington statute provided that It shall not be lawful for the trus...
At the beginning of 1936, plaintiff, a Wisconsin corporation, had an earned surplus deficit of $106,...
Plaintiffs owned 6 percent cumulative convertible prior preferred stock in defendant corporation. Th...
Defendant\u27s decedent, X, was executive vice-president and treasurer of plaintiff corporation. Int...
The Big Bend Land Company was in the process of liquidation. The articles of incorporation provided ...
A corporation\u27s articles of incorporation provided: In the event of any liquidation, dissolution...
As a general proposition, payment of dividends may be made only out of surplus and not out of the ca...
In 1943 defendant corporation\u27s charter was amended to cancel 5 per cent cumulative preferred sto...
Defendant corporation issued preferred stock in 1937 under a charter amendment which provided that s...
The Securities and Exchange Commission filed a plan and requested an order under the Public Utilitie...
A minority group of stockholders brought an action to compel a declaration of dividends on common st...
Defendant corporation\u27s charter provided for retirement \u27of preferred stock at par plus accumu...
ln 1945 appellant corporation was dissolved. Under a state statute, its officers became trustees, wi...
The malignant decision in the Dartmouth College case fathered the passage of reserved-power statut...
An action was brought by preferred stockholders, during voluntary liquidation of a corporation, for ...
The stock in a hotel management corporation was divided equally between two families, each of which ...
At the beginning of 1936, plaintiff, a Wisconsin corporation, had an earned surplus deficit of $106,...
Plaintiffs owned 6 percent cumulative convertible prior preferred stock in defendant corporation. Th...
Defendant\u27s decedent, X, was executive vice-president and treasurer of plaintiff corporation. Int...
The Big Bend Land Company was in the process of liquidation. The articles of incorporation provided ...
A corporation\u27s articles of incorporation provided: In the event of any liquidation, dissolution...
As a general proposition, payment of dividends may be made only out of surplus and not out of the ca...
In 1943 defendant corporation\u27s charter was amended to cancel 5 per cent cumulative preferred sto...
Defendant corporation issued preferred stock in 1937 under a charter amendment which provided that s...
The Securities and Exchange Commission filed a plan and requested an order under the Public Utilitie...
A minority group of stockholders brought an action to compel a declaration of dividends on common st...
Defendant corporation\u27s charter provided for retirement \u27of preferred stock at par plus accumu...
ln 1945 appellant corporation was dissolved. Under a state statute, its officers became trustees, wi...
The malignant decision in the Dartmouth College case fathered the passage of reserved-power statut...
An action was brought by preferred stockholders, during voluntary liquidation of a corporation, for ...
The stock in a hotel management corporation was divided equally between two families, each of which ...
At the beginning of 1936, plaintiff, a Wisconsin corporation, had an earned surplus deficit of $106,...
Plaintiffs owned 6 percent cumulative convertible prior preferred stock in defendant corporation. Th...
Defendant\u27s decedent, X, was executive vice-president and treasurer of plaintiff corporation. Int...