Mr. Hoppenburg was elected and has retired, and the Board has unanimously declined to fill his place, 'The persons in control are Messrs. R. & F. Dallas, and"we contend that Mr. R. Dallas is no longer a director, so that the condition of the Company is suffering, and likely to suffer, by reason of these unhappy disputes' and the action both parties are taking.
1 Rectiver, how long wil he costinne His Lordsbip—Supposing I pat in
act?
"As I grew worse, I called in the doctor, but his medicine seemed powerless. In Decerober my first baby was prematurely born, It lived bat two "In the following year I went through a similar distressing exence. The sane signs of kidney disorder and dropsy appeared. In December, 1905, my second baby was born—also prematurely, and this recond little one, too, lived but " fortnight, Again, for the third time, I passed through " like orécal, suffering the came way and urdorgoing medical treatment as before. In August, 1906, my third little one was born—dead.
"We gare up all hope of ever rear ing children; bat Later on I read the case of Mrs. Lewis, 61, Grove Terrace, Penarth, Cardiff, whose experience had been so like mine that I determined, should it be my lot to go through another trial, that I would use no other medicine than Dean's Backache Kidney Pills, which had saved the lives of Mrs, Lewis and her children, "When I found I was again to become a mother, I kept to this reeclve, taking Doan's Bs hache Kidney Billa regularly. They kept my kidneys well, and kept me well all through. Not ones during this last experience did I have any sion of backache, headache, or dizziness; there was no fainting, and not the slightest sign of the dropsy which had alarmed me so much b-fore, I was perfectly well, and my fourth baby was born healthy, strong sod well, and I know that my own good health and the life avd health of my dear little one, are due t<€Doan's Backache Kideey Bille alone, for used no other medicine during the whole time."
Mr. Jones—Only antu this action is determined.
His Lordsbip—Supposing I held that all these meetings wore bad, there would have to be an annual meeting, an extraordinary meeting, or some sort of meeting to elect directors ip—Supposing I held that one meeting is good and the others bad, then I would have to decide who the directors are?
Mr. Jones—Yes. The receiver is not to wind up the Company, as in bankruptey, but to take charge for the time being.
Mr. Douglas said that he was in-stracted to oppose the application. The case of Featherstone Cook, which had been cited by Mr. Jones, was not now exactly an authority. It had been re-precented to his Lordship that there was general contention and that the only way out of the trouble was to appoint Receiver. The condition of affairs which did exist in the case of Featherst Cook was the very condition of affairs which Mr. Jone's clients bad been endeavouring to establish themselves in order that they might make this application for a Receiver, as they had not yet acquired sufficient strength to get Receiver by other means, They evidently believed in the old fallacy that they could obtain control of Company when they had one more vote or were the majority of the Company, but that iwas not true in English law. The English law protected tke interests of the minority, and the majority had not the immediate and a com: lete control and could not immediately turn out the minority and do as they wished. Plaintiffs came into this Company with
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