GOLCONDA MIN. CORP. v. HECLA MIN. CO.

No. 41960.

80 Wn.2d 372 (1972)

494 P.2d 1365

GOLCONDA MINING CORPORATION, Petitioner, v. HECLA MINING COMPANY, Respondent.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

March 16, 1972.


HALE, J.

Golconda Mining Corporation, owning 13 per cent of the capital stock, was the largest single shareholder of Hecla Mining Company. It declared an intention to vote cumulatively for directors at Hecla's annual meeting of shareholders to be held on May 29, 1969. Hecla's officers, asserting that neither the corporate charter nor existing statutes provided for cumulative voting, announced that cumulative voting would not be permitted. Golconda countered, pointing...

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