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 case in which the stock stood upon the books in the name of the pledgee, but the court ruled that he could not vote it because he had no authority from the pledgor to make the transfer. This case we will refer to hereafter. In the case at bar the stock stood in the name of the representative of the pledgee upon the corporate records. Was he a bona fide stockholder within the meaning of our statute which restricts the Tight to vote stock to those who are bona fide holders thereof? § 2931, Comp. Laws. It may be stated in this connection that Edwards could not vote the stock, as the stock had not stood in his name on the books of the corporation for ten days prior to the election. Id. If, then, the representative of the pledgee could not vote the shares, no election of directors could be held, for no one else had a right to vote it, and without its being represented at the election no election of directors could be had, for the reason that these shares constituted more than half of the capital stock. At all elections or votes had for any purpose, there must be a majority of the subscribed capital stock represented, etc. Id. No person can be chosen director without a majority vote. § 2925, id At the time the legislature ememployed the word “stockholders” in the section prescribing the qualification of a voter at corporate meetings, that word had acquired a definite and fixed meaning, so far as a pledgee of stock was concerned. It had been repeatedly adjudged that a pledgee of stock whose transfer was upon the corporate records was a “stockholder,” within the meaning of the statute providing for the liability of stockholders for the debts of corporations. The general reasoning upon which these decisions were based was that the pledgee with a recorded transfer was a stockholder for the purpose of receiving dividends and voting at stockholders’ meetings; and that he could not enjoy all of the benefits enjoyed by a stockholder without being subject to a stockholder’s liability. Said the court in Bank v. Case, 99 U. 8. 628: “It is thoroughly established that one to whom stock has been transferred in pledge, or as collateral security for money loaned, and who appears on the books of the corporation as the owner of the stock, is liable as a stockholder for the benefit of creditors. We so held in Pullman v. Upton, 96 U. 8. 328, and