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...In an action in quo warranto an order may be made by the court, or by a judge thereof, extending the time within which a pleading may be filed. Such order does not work a continuance of the case.

...When a defendant in an action in quo warranto is found guilty of usurping, intruding into, or unlawfully holding or exercising an office, franchise, or privilege, judgment shall be rendered that he be ousted and excluded therefrom, and that the relator recover his costs.

...When an action in quo warranto is against a director of a corporation, and the court finds that, at his election, illegal votes were received or legal votes rejected sufficient to change the result, judgment may be rendered that the defendant be ousted, and of induction in favor of the person who was entitled to be declared elected.

...In a case under section 2733.15 of the Revised Code the court may order a new election to be held at a time and place and by judges it appoints. Notice of the election and naming such judges shall be given as provided by law for notice of elections of directors of the corporation. The order of the court is obligatory upon the corporation and its officers when a duly certified copy is served upon its secretary persona...

...If judgment in an action in quo warranto is rendered in favor of the person averred to be entitled to an office, after taking the oath of office and executing any official bond required by law, he may take upon him the execution of the office. Immediately thereafter such person shall demand of the defendant all books and papers in his custody or within his power appertaining to the office from which the defendant has...

...Within one year after the date of a judgment mentioned in section 2733.17 of the Revised Code, the person in whose favor the judgment is rendered may bring an action against the party ousted, and recover the damages he sustained by reason of such usurpation.

...No defendant mentioned in section 2733.17 of the Revised Code shall refuse or neglect to deliver over any book or paper pursuant to a demand made under such section. Whoever violates this section is guilty of a contempt of court.

...When, in an action in quo warranto, it is found and adjudged that, by an act done or omitted, a corporation has surrendered or forfeited its corporate rights, privileges, and franchises, or has not used them during a term of five years, judgment shall be entered that it be ousted and excluded therefrom, and that it be dissolved. When it is found and adjudged in such case, that a corporation has offended in a matter ...

...court or of the court to which such quo warranto proceedings may be remanded, as provided in section 2733.22 of the Revised Code, and properly pay and apply all money and other property that comes into their hands as such trustees, in accordance with such orders.

...r the court of appeals in which the quo warranto proceedings have been instituted, may remand the proceedings to the court of common pleas of the county in which the corporation has or last had its principal place of business for further proceedings. When the proceedings are remanded, the court of common pleas has full jurisdiction, and the same power with reference thereto as the supreme court or court of appeals wo...

...Any party to a quo warranto proceeding against a corporation, including trustees appointed as provided in section 2733.21 of the Revised Code, may appeal from any order made in such proceedings in the same manner as in civil cases. The orders of the court in which such proceedings are instituted or to which they are remanded are binding upon the trustees, stockholders, creditors, and other persons interested in such ...

...Upon the appointment and qualification of trustees under section 2733.21 of the Revised Code, they shall forthwith give notice of the order dissolving the corporation, of their appointment as trustees, and of the date of their appointment, by publication once a week for four consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the county in which the corporation has or had its principal place of business. Such ...

...If, in the judgment of the trustees appointed as provided in section 2733.21 of the Revised Code, any claims filed with them as provided in section 2733.24 of the Revised Code are for any reason not valid claims against the estate of the corporation, the trustees shall notify the claimants that their respective claims are rejected by written notice by registered mail, directed to the claimants' last known address. Su...

...g them or of the court to which the quo warranto proceedings are remanded, and are vested with the title to all the property, real and personal, of the corporation from the date of their appointment and qualification, and subject to the orders of the court may settle the affairs of the corporation, collect and pay outstanding debts, and divide among the stockholders the money and other property which remains after th...

...Trustees, upon their appointment and qualification as provided in section 2733.21 of the Revised Code, shall forthwith demand all money, property, books, deeds, notes, bills, obligations, and papers of every description within the custody, power, or control of the officers of the corporation or any other persons, belonging to the corporation, or in any way necessary for settlement of its affairs or for the discharge ...

...The trustees shall, as soon as possible after their appointment under section 2733.21 of the Revised Code, prepare and report to the court a statement of assets and liabilities of the corporation. At such times as are ordered by such court, the trustees shall report to it their proceedings as such trustees. Upon collecting such assets as are collectable and disbursing them to the approval of such court, the trustees ...

...No officer of a corporation shall refuse or neglect to deliver over money, or other things, pursuant to a demand made by the trustees as provided in section 2733.27 of the Revised Code. Any officer violating this section is guilty of contempt of court. Such officer is also liable to the trustees for the value of all money, or other things, so refused or neglected to be surrendered, together with the damages sustained...

...If, in an action in quo warranto, judgment is rendered against a corporation, or against a person claiming to be a corporation, the court may render judgment for costs against the directors or other officers of the corporation, or against the person claiming to be a corporation.

...In an action in quo warranto, when judgment is rendered against the defendant, the court may make an order directing him forthwith to deliver over the books, papers, property, money, deeds, notes, bills, and obligations to the persons entitled thereto, or to the trustees appointed to receive them, and may send a transcript of the proceedings, including a copy of such order, to the court of common pleas of the proper ...

...est therein, pending proceedings in quo warranto against such association, may have an injunction restraining the directors thereof from making any disposition of the assets of such association prejudicial to the interests of such stockholders, or inconsistent with their duties as directors.

...ion, the amount of which, while the quo warranto proceedings are pending, shall be under the control of the court.

...their individual benefit, while the quo warranto proceedings are pending.

...Actions in quo warranto against a corporation for forfeiture of its charter shall be commenced within five years after the act complained of was done or committed. No action in quo warranto shall be brought against a corporation for the exercise of a power or franchise under its charter, which it has used and exercised for a term of twenty years. No action in quo warranto shall be brought against an officer to oust h...

...When, in an action in quo warranto, judgment of forfeiture and ouster is rendered against a corporation because of misconduct of the officers or directors thereof, within one year thereafter a person injured thereby, in an action against such officers or directors, may recover the damages he has sustained by reason of such misconduct.

...Sections 2733.01 to 2733.39, inclusive, of the Revised Code do not restrain a court from enforcing the performance of trusts for charitable purposes, at the relation of the prosecuting attorney of the proper county, or from enforcing trusts or restraining abuses in other corporations, at the suit of a person injured.