Vermont Statutes Title 11 Sec. 835
Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 11 Sec. 835
- Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. Source: U.S. Courts
- Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
- Executor: A male person named in a will to carry out the decedent
- following: when used by way of reference to a section of the law shall mean the next preceding or following section. See
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- Person: shall include any natural person, corporation, municipality, the State of Vermont or any department, agency, or subdivision of the State, and any partnership, unincorporated association, or other legal entity. See
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States may apply to the District of Columbia and any territory and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. See
§ 835. Court action to appraise shares
(a) If the disqualified person or the executor or administrator of the estate of a deceased shareholder does not accept the professional corporation‘s offer under subsection 834(b) of this title within the 30-day period, the disqualified person or the executor or administrator of the estate of a deceased shareholder, during the following 30-day period, may deliver a written notice to the corporation, demanding that it commence a proceeding to determine the fair value of the shares. The corporation may commence a proceeding at any time during the 60 days following the effective date of its offer notice. If it does not do so, the disqualified person or the executor or administrator of the estate of a deceased shareholder may commence a proceeding against the corporation to determine the fair value of his or her shares.
(b) The corporation, the disqualified person, or the executor or administrator of the estate of a deceased shareholder shall commence the proceeding in the Superior Court of the county where the corporation’s principal office or, if none in this State, the corporation’s registered office is located. The corporation shall make the disqualified person or the executor or administrator of the estate of a deceased shareholder a party to the proceeding as in an action against the shareholder’s shares. The jurisdiction of the court in which the proceeding is commenced is plenary and exclusive.
(c) The court may appoint one or more persons as appraisers to receive evidence and recommend decision on the question of fair value. The appraisers have the power described in the order appointing them, or in any amendment to it.
(d) The disqualified person or the estate of a deceased shareholder is entitled to judgment for the fair value of the shareholder’s shares determined by the court as of the date of death, disqualification, or transfer, together with interest from that date at a rate found by the court to be fair and equitable.
(e) The court may order the judgment paid in installments determined by the court. (Added 2001, No. 77 (Adj. Sess.), § 1.)