BLOUNT v. TAFT

No. 66.

246 S.E.2d 763 (1978)

295 N.C. 472

Marvin K. BLOUNT, Sr., Florence Taft Blount, Nelson Blount Crisp, Marvin K. Blount, Jr. and William G. Blount v. E. H. TAFT, Jr., Helen F. Taft, E. H. Taft, III, Thomas F. Taft, Ruth J. Taft, Thomas F. Taft, trustee for Melanie Ann Taft, Thomas F. Taft, trustee for Edmund Hoover Taft, IV, and Ford McGowan.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

August 29, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Haywood, Denny & Miller by Egbert L. Haywood and John C. Martin, Durham, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Manning, Fulton & Skinner by Howard E. Manning and Dan J. McLamb, Raleigh, for defendant-appellee.


SHARP, Chief Justice.

This appeal presents a two-part question: Was Section 7 of Eastern's bylaws, adopted 20 August 1971, a valid shareholders' agreement; and, if so, was it subject to amendment under Section 4, which authorized amendment, repeal, or re-write of the bylaws by the affirmative vote of a majority of the stockholders?

The trial judge found as a fact that on 20 August 1971 all the shareholders of Eastern, by unanimous vote, adopted a set of bylaws...

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