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- Title: Fox v. 7L Bar Ranch Co.
- Author : Supreme Court of Montana
- Release Date : January 13, 1982
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 63 KB
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This is an appeal from a judgment and order rendered on May 26, 1981, in the Thirteenth Judicial District, Yellowstone County. Plaintiff Melvin Fox brought this non-jury action as an individual shareholder to dissolve and liquidate the defendant family Montana corporation, 7L Bar Ranch. The District Court ordered the dissolution of the corporation and the appointment of a receiver. This order was based on two propositions. First, the shareholders in the 7L Bar Ranch Corporation had a deadlock in voting power and had failed for a period of at least three consecutive annual meetings to elect successor directors whose terms had expired or would have expired - Page 203 upon election of their successors, in violation of section 35-1-921(1)(a)(iii), MCA. Secondly, the court found oppressive conduct by the members of the board of directors toward Melvin Fox in violation of section 35-1-921(1)(a)(ii), MCA. The District Court ordered liquidation of the 7L Bar to take place pursuant to sections 35-1-922, MCA through 35-1-930, MCA. Defendant appeals, raising the following issues: