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Corporations-The Fair And Equitable Test In Recapitalizations, Robert O. Hancox
Corporations-The Fair And Equitable Test In Recapitalizations, Robert O. Hancox
Michigan Law Review
Changes in capital structures of corporations which modify rights of security holders generally occur under one of two circumstances: (1) reorganization of insolvent corporations which affects the rights of creditors as well as shareholders and necessitates judicial supervision; and (2) recapitalization of solvent corporations involving only the relative rights of the different classes of shareholders. It is the author's present purpose to focus attention on the effect of the latter type of modification on the most zealously guarded right of the preferred shareholder--the right to accrued dividends on cumulative preferred stock.
Foreign Corporations-What Constitutes "Doing Business" For Service Of Process As Contrasted With Domestication Requirement, Kenneth Liles
Foreign Corporations-What Constitutes "Doing Business" For Service Of Process As Contrasted With Domestication Requirement, Kenneth Liles
Michigan Law Review
South Carolina commenced suit against the Ford Motor Company by serving summons upon the South Carolina secretary of state pursuant to statute applicable when no process agent had been appointed, seeking to recover penalties imposed upon this foreign corporation for doing business in the state without having complied with the domestication statutes. Defendant claimed it was not doing business in the state because it had no property or agents therein, its products being handled by private dealers. The company attacked both the summons as against due process and the domestication statutes as a burden on interstate commerce. From judgment for …
Corporations--Foreign Corporations--Doing Business By Agents--Comity, E. M. Deal
Corporations--Foreign Corporations--Doing Business By Agents--Comity, E. M. Deal
Michigan Law Review
The plaintiff, an Illinois corporation, offered correspondence courses in refrigeration and air conditioning. One of its agents solicited the defendant in Lincoln, Nebraska. The defendant signed a contract and promissory note for the tuition and made an advance payment, whereupon the agent forwarded the contract, note, payment and other papers to the home office of the plaintiff corporation in Chicago, Illinois. The plaintiff accepted the contract in Illinois. After six months, the defendant refused to proceed with the lessons or make further payments in accordance with the contract. The plaintiff sued for the balance due on the note. The Nebraska …
Corporations --Voting Trusts -- Non-Compliance With Statute As A Basis For Judicial Termination, Joseph R. Brookshire S.Ed.
Corporations --Voting Trusts -- Non-Compliance With Statute As A Basis For Judicial Termination, Joseph R. Brookshire S.Ed.
Michigan Law Review
It is not the purpose of this comment to discuss the history of the voting trust, to recapitulate the controversy over its legality, or to examine the many grounds for termination of the trust. It is sufficient to say that in all but perhaps three states this important business device has been made legal by statute or by judicial decision. We are here concerned with finding the degree of statutory compliance necessary in order that the voting trust will be sustained.
Taxation-Income Tax-Deduction For Worthless Stock-Objective V. Subjective Test, Rosemary Scott
Taxation-Income Tax-Deduction For Worthless Stock-Objective V. Subjective Test, Rosemary Scott
Michigan Law Review
The taxpayer held stock in a corporation - which had been in receivership for five years, and which had, during all of that time, liabilities substantially exceeding its assets. When the receivership was ended and when a derivative suit against the management was compromised, the taxpayer declared the stock to be worthless and claimed a deduction for 1937. The commissioner denied the deduction on the ground that the stock had not become worthless in 1937. The Tax Court sustained this ruling and the circuit court of appeals affirmed. Held, the value of the stock should be determined by an …
Corporations-Extent Of Powers To Dispose Of Property In Winding Up Its Affairs Under Statutes Extending Corporate Existence, Joseph R. Brookshire S.Ed.
Corporations-Extent Of Powers To Dispose Of Property In Winding Up Its Affairs Under Statutes Extending Corporate Existence, Joseph R. Brookshire S.Ed.
Michigan Law Review
According to the common law a dissolved corporation ceased to exist for all purposes. Whether the dissolution was voluntary or involuntary, the effect of the dissolution was to deprive the corporation of all powers either de jure or de facto. It was necessary, therefore, that corporations facing dissolution proceed without delay toward a final liquidation and distribution of assets. Disregarding the old theory that personal property of dissolved corporations escheated to the state, and that its real estate reverted to the original granter or his heirs, and that debts due the corporation were extinguished, it is still apparent that hurried …
Taxation-Income Tax-Deductions-Dividends Or Interest, Milton D. Solomon S.Ed.
Taxation-Income Tax-Deductions-Dividends Or Interest, Milton D. Solomon S.Ed.
Michigan Law Review
The difficulty of determining whether payments made by a corporation on its securities are dividends or interest has been highlighted by two recent cases, involving substantially similar facts, which came before the Supreme Court on review.
Bankruptcy--Six Months Rule--Application Of The Rule To Private Corporations, Samuel D. Estep S.Ed.
Bankruptcy--Six Months Rule--Application Of The Rule To Private Corporations, Samuel D. Estep S.Ed.
Michigan Law Review
The debtor, being reorganized under chapter 10 of the Bankruptcy Act, was a hotel corporation which owned and operated a hotel in Albany. The reorganization plan which was approved below is being challenged for the reason, among others, that the plan gives preference to certain unsecured creditors. These creditors had furnished supplies to the hotel for a short time before the receiver was appointed in the foreclosure suit which precipitated the bankruptcy proceeding. The trustee allowed the priority on the ground that the supplies were necessary to keep the hotel a going concern and that the six months rule, applicable …
Corporations-Change In The Basis Of Sharing Profits As An Impairment Of The Obligation Of Contracts, Robert E. Walsh S.Ed.
Corporations-Change In The Basis Of Sharing Profits As An Impairment Of The Obligation Of Contracts, Robert E. Walsh S.Ed.
Michigan Law Review
Plaintiff, a stockholder in defendant corporation, sought to enjoin distribution of dividends on a patronage basis. Defendant corporation was organized under the laws of Nebraska for the purpose of buying and selling grain, hay, and other agricultural products with a general reservation in the charter of the right to change, alter, and amend. The articles of incorporation were amended so as to convert the corporation into a co-operative organization distributing profits on the basis of the amount of business done with the corporation. Held, a general reservation of power to amend the articles did not confer on the corporation …