Directors of a public companY are trustees for the shareholders, and their private interests must yield to their public duty whenever they are conflicting.
Directors permitted a class of dissentient shareholders in an embarrassed company to tranefer their shares to the company, under a power in the deed, upon payment of a sum of money, which it was arranged should be paid to one of the directors in discharge of a debt due from the Company. Held, that the transaction was void, and, on winding up the company, that the dissentients still remained shareholders.
Citations:
[1854] EngR 356, (1854) 18 Beav 339, (1854) 52 ER 134
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Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Company
Updated: 22 May 2022; Ref: scu.293213