["Stockholders" defined.]

The words "any person owning stock" as used in the preceding sections [69-3-30, 69-3-31 NMSA 1978] shall be taken and considered to mean stockholders, whose names appear on the stock book of the company as owners of stock, and none others. History: Laws 1884, ch. 45, § 1; C.L. 1884, § 1574; C.L. 1897, § 2308; Code 1915, § 3474; C.S. 1929, § 88-212; 1941 Comp., § 67-226; 1953 Comp., § 63-2-26.