HUMPHRYS v. WINOUS CO.

No. 34485.

165 Ohio St. 45 (1956)

HUMPHRYS ET AL., APPELLEES, v. THE WINOUS CO. ET AL., APPELLANTS.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided March 14, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. Thompson, Hine & Flory and Mr. H. Walter Stewart, for appellees.

Mr. Horace Andrews and Mr. Lad J. Roth, for appellants.


BELL, J.

It can not be disclaimed that by reason of the stock distribution of this particular corporation a classification of the three directors into three classes containing one director each effectively divests the minority shareholders of a measure of control they formerly exercised over the corporation by electing one member of the board through the expedient of cumulative voting.

The issue herein, however, is not whether a particular result was accomplished...

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