Rensselaer Union, Volume 9, Number 15, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 December 1876 — An Odd Legal Question. [ARTICLE]

An Odd Legal Question.

One of the oddest of legal questions has just been decided in England. It was whether one man can hold a meeting. The circumstances were these: A meeting was duly called of the shareholders in a certain business company. On the day and hour set one shareholder only attended. He voted himself into the chair, and passed several resolutions, including one levying an assessment of 4s. 6d. on each share, and, after a vote of thanks to the chairman, he adjourned. The assessment was contested, and an action was brought against the punctual shareholder for the amount. Three Judges concurred in the opinion that, as there was no provision in the by-laws respecting a quorum, the resolutions were valid. The case was carried up on appeal, and the decision of the lower court has been reversed on the ground that one man cannot “meet.” The Court required the counsel for the defense to admit that there would have been no meeting if nobody had attended. The PaU Mall Gaaetta remarks that it is impossible for one man' to form a “ quorum.” At best, he could not form more than a “ cujus.” In this country from 12,009 to 20,000 alligator skins are tanned annually.

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