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<blockquote data-quote="Mustard" data-source="post: 343746" data-attributes="member: 46">Well, Jock&#039;s idea was to keep Ewing Oil in the Ewing family rather than give it to outsiders. Gary and Ray are Jock&#039;s sons, and had only 10 voting shares each, compared to J.R. and Bobby getting 20 voting shares each. It was only supposed to be a temporary arrangement anyway, until Jock got back from South America. Miss Ellie and J.R. had the power really, the balance tilting either way depending on whether John Ross was at Southfork or not. Miss Ellie had 30 voting shares and controlled John Ross&#039; 10 voting shares if John Ross wasn&#039;t living at Southfork, but J.R. controlled John Ross&#039; 10 voting shares if John Ross was living at Southfork. J.R. later got control of Ray&#039;s 10 voting shares as well, of course. To remove J.R. as president and install someone else, there needed to be 60 voting shares voting in favour of that. Getting 50 voting shares voting your way was enough to keep the status quo intact.When J.R. was voted out after the Cliff Barnes suicide attempt and after Bobby and Pam knew that Christopher wasn&#039;t J.R.&#039;s biological son, J.R. voted his 20 shares, John Ross&#039; 10 and Ray&#039;s 10 to stay, while Miss Ellie voted her 30, Lucy her 10 (after Gary had given them to her early on) and Bobby his 20 to remove J.R. as president. Then J.R. suddenly started agitating to know what was in the codocil of Jock&#039;s will and for Jock&#039;s will to be read, having previously been against it when the voting shares arrangement had been serving its purpose for him.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mustard, post: 343746, member: 46"] Well, Jock's idea was to keep Ewing Oil in the Ewing family rather than give it to outsiders. Gary and Ray are Jock's sons, and had only 10 voting shares each, compared to J.R. and Bobby getting 20 voting shares each. It was only supposed to be a temporary arrangement anyway, until Jock got back from South America. Miss Ellie and J.R. had the power really, the balance tilting either way depending on whether John Ross was at Southfork or not. Miss Ellie had 30 voting shares and controlled John Ross' 10 voting shares if John Ross wasn't living at Southfork, but J.R. controlled John Ross' 10 voting shares if John Ross was living at Southfork. J.R. later got control of Ray's 10 voting shares as well, of course. To remove J.R. as president and install someone else, there needed to be 60 voting shares voting in favour of that. Getting 50 voting shares voting your way was enough to keep the status quo intact. When J.R. was voted out after the Cliff Barnes suicide attempt and after Bobby and Pam knew that Christopher wasn't J.R.'s biological son, J.R. voted his 20 shares, John Ross' 10 and Ray's 10 to stay, while Miss Ellie voted her 30, Lucy her 10 (after Gary had given them to her early on) and Bobby his 20 to remove J.R. as president. Then J.R. suddenly started agitating to know what was in the codocil of Jock's will and for Jock's will to be read, having previously been against it when the voting shares arrangement had been serving its purpose for him. [/QUOTE]

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