Nash v. Hope Silver-Lead Mines, Inc.
| Decision Date | 19 June 1957 |
| Docket Number | SILVER-LEAD,No. 8495,8495 |
| Citation | 79 Idaho 137,314 P.2d 681 |
| Parties | Albert M. NASH and Mary A. Nash, husband and wife, Plaintiffs-appellants, v. HOPEMINES, Inc., Defendant-respondent. |
| Court | Idaho Supreme Court |
H. J. Hull & Sons, Wallace, for appellants.
Whitla & Kundson, Coeur d'Alene, Hardy C. Lyons, Greene & Hunt, Sandpoint, for respondent.
Appellants herein will be referred to as plaintiffs, and respondent as defendant.
Plaintiff, Albert M. Nash, was the manager of defendant Company from its creation in 1935, and after the second year (1937) its president and general manager, serving in such capacity until November 2, 1949. He was a director of the Company at the time assessment No. 27, hereinafter referred to, was levied against the outstanding stock of defendant corporation. Plaintiff, Mary A. Nash, was secretary, treasurer and bookkeeper of defendant Company from October, 1935, until November 2, 1949.
On November 28, 1950, the directors of defendant corporation levied an assessment designated No. 27, of one cent per share upon its outstanding stock, of which plaintiffs owned 253,571 shares. The assessment so levied against plaintiffs' stock was not paid, and their stock was advertised for sale. Plaintiffs brought this action to enjoin the sale, claiming that the directors' meeting at which the levy was made did not conform to the bylaws of the corporation and for other reasons alleged the levy was void. On a showing made, the trial judge issued a restraining order prohibiting the sale until further orders of the court.
In a second cause of action plaintiffs alleged that the corporation is indebted to plaintiffs for a balance on an account stated in the sum of $3,608.49; in a third cause of action claimed an indebtedness from defendant to plaintiffs of $1,005 for rent for the use of an office, equipment, and furniture alleged to have been furnished defendant by plaintiffs. In the prayer of the complaint plaintiffs prayed that if the assessment against their stock is found to be valid that the amount alleged due plaintiffs be offset against the assessment owed and judgment be entered for plaintiffs for any balance found to be due.
Defendant's answer denies the material allegations of the complaint, sets up an affirmative defense, counterclaim and cross-complaint, asks for an accounting from plaintiffs while they were officers of defendant Company alleging that plaintiffs were indebted to defendant for various breaches of trust and for moneys received and not accounted for, for the period of time beginning October 23, 1935, and ending November 2, 1949, while plaintiffs occupied fiduciary positions with defendant.
Subsequent to the commencement of the action other assessments against outstanding stock were levied by the directors of the corporation and plaintiffs having failed to pay assessment No. 30, their stock was on the 27th day of June, 1952, sold to pay the defaulted assessment.
The court decreed that the first cause of action, due to the subsequent sale of the stock for failure to pay assessment No. 30 after the levy of assessment No. 27, had become moot and on defendant's motion dismissed the first cause of action.
The court found that there was no account stated between plaintiffs and defendant as alleged in their second cause of action; that defendant was not indebted to plaintiffs on either the second or third cause of action in any sum or amount; found against defendant and cross-complainant on its cross-complaint; further, that the cause of action alleged by defendant and cross-complainant in its cross-complaint is barred by limitation, laches and acquiescence, and dismissed the action. From the judgment so entered plaintiffs appealed.
In the praecipe plaintiffs asked for a transcript of various papers including the complaint and amendments thereto, and a part only of defendant's answer, and in the application for reporter's transcript for certain limited portions of the testimony.
Pursuant to the praecipe and application for protions of the reporter's transcript of evidence, and augmentation of the record, we have been furnished the testimony of the witnesses Albert M. Nash and Mary A. Nash. Much of the testimony of these witnesses was directed to prove the invalidity of assessment No. 27, which is not here in issue, and the balance in support of plaintiff's second and third causes of action. None of the testimony of other witnesses appears in the transcript.
The trial court's findings show that the cause took twenty-eight days to try and that voluminous oral and documentary evidence was offered and admitted in behalf of the parties.
Plaintiffs do not claim that all the testimony or other evidence offered and received has been transcribed and certified to this Court.
During the course of the action plaintiffs furnished bonds for a restraining order to prohibit the sale of plaintiffs' stock for assessments No. 27, No. 28 and No. 29.
The trial judge in his determination of the merits of the cause first taxed the costs against plaintiffs in the sum of $1,032.50 and later on motion of plaintiffs retaxed the costs allowed defendant in the sum of $11.
While the proceeding on which the order retaxing costs was based is not contained in the transcript, the recitals of the district judge show that the motion to retax the costs was timely filed; that authorities were presented by plaintiffs in support of the motion, and the costs thereafter retaxed.
In assignments of error and argument plaintiffs do not challenge the order dismissing their first cause of action and limit the appeal to a determination of the following:
First, the action of the court in dismissing plaintiffs' second and third causes of action.
Second, the action of the court in taxing costs against plaintiffs.
Third, failure of the court to exonerate the bonds posted by plaintiffs given by them incidental to the first cause of action, and argued that this Court should modify the findings of the trial court and the judgment and order judgment entered for plaintiffs for the amounts sought to be recovered in the second and third causes of action; deny defendant's costs and exonerate the bonds given by plaintiffs for the securing of the restraining order incidental to their first cause of action.
Under the rules of procedure there are two methods of furnishing a record to the Supreme Court to review a decision of the trial court.
Section 13-212, I.C. provides:
'On an appeal from a final judgment the appellant must furnish the court with copy of the notice of appeal, of the judgment roll and of any bill of exceptions or reporter's transcript prepared and settled as prescribed in section 10-509, upon which the appellant relies, and of all papers, records and files designated in the praecipe filed by appellant with the clerk of the district court.'
Section 10-509, I.C. provides in part:
'Any party desiring to procure a record of the evidence and proceedings made during the trial of an...
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