Civil

Cree (Liquidator of the Bonnington Sugar Refining Co., Ltd) v. Somervail and Others (Thomson's Trs.)

[1878] ScotCS 16SLR0033Court of Session1878

“Subject_1Public Company Subject_2Ultra vires Act Subject_3Power to Directors to Buy Shares Subject_4Trafficking in Shares — Reduction of Capital.”

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