Leading Cases on Private Corporations: To Accompany Principles of Private CorporationsBowen-Merrill Company, 1898 - 341 من الصفحات |
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الصفحة 252
... faculties that may be conferred are various , -limited or enlarged , at the discretion of the legisla- ture , and will depend upon the nature and object of the institu- tion , which is as competent as a natural person 252 THOMAS V. DAKIN .
... faculties that may be conferred are various , -limited or enlarged , at the discretion of the legisla- ture , and will depend upon the nature and object of the institu- tion , which is as competent as a natural person 252 THOMAS V. DAKIN .
الصفحة 254
... tion are secure . In case of vacancy , by death or otherwise , the place may at once be filled . § 18. For the entire duration , there- fore , of the association , and which may be without limit , § 16 , sub . 5 , the whole body of ...
... tion are secure . In case of vacancy , by death or otherwise , the place may at once be filled . § 18. For the entire duration , there- fore , of the association , and which may be without limit , § 16 , sub . 5 , the whole body of ...
الصفحة 257
... tion , and is therefore illogical ; for it may as likely lead to a false as to a true result . Now , so long as a proper use is made of the fiction that a corp- oration is an entity apart from its shareholders , it is harmless . and ...
... tion , and is therefore illogical ; for it may as likely lead to a false as to a true result . Now , so long as a proper use is made of the fiction that a corp- oration is an entity apart from its shareholders , it is harmless . and ...
الصفحة 261
... act of all the stock- holders , officers , and directors of the company in signing it should be imputed to them as an act done in their capacity as a corpora- tion ? We think not , since thereby all the STATE V. STANDARD OIL CO . 261.
... act of all the stock- holders , officers , and directors of the company in signing it should be imputed to them as an act done in their capacity as a corpora- tion ? We think not , since thereby all the STATE V. STANDARD OIL CO . 261.
الصفحة 262
To Accompany Principles of Private Corporations Charles Burke Elliott. tion ? We think not , since thereby all the property and business of the company is , and was intended to be , virtually transferred to the Standard Oil Trust , and ...
To Accompany Principles of Private Corporations Charles Burke Elliott. tion ? We think not , since thereby all the property and business of the company is , and was intended to be , virtually transferred to the Standard Oil Trust , and ...
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agents agreement alleged amount appellant applied assets association authority Bank bill board of directors bonds by-laws capital stock car company cause of action certificate charter circuit court claim collateral security complaint constitution contract corporation court of equity creditors damages Dartmouth college debts defendant doctrine duty Edward Butler enforce equity evidence executed existence fact faith fraud granted ground held hold holders illegal incorporation individual insolvent intent interest issued judgment Justice legislature liability loan manufacturing ment mining option mortgage natural persons objects officers organized owner paid pany par value parties payment plaintiff plaintiff in error poration preferred stock principle provisions purchase purpose question quo warranto railroad company received road rule Seligman Seligman & Co shareholders shares of stock statute stockholders subscribed subscription suit SUPREME COURT thereof tion transaction transfer trust fund ultra vires unpaid valid vote wrong
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الصفحة 294 - A corporation is an artificial being, invisible, intangible, and existing only in contemplation of law. Being the mere creature of law, it possesses only those properties which the charter of its creation confers upon it. either expressly, or as incidental to its very existence.
الصفحة 424 - ... shall be liable in like manner, and to the same extent as the testator or intestate. or the ward or person interested in such trust fund would have been, if he had been living and competent to act, and held the same stock in his own name.
الصفحة 456 - And the said records and judicial proceedings, authenticated as aforesaid, shall have such faith and credit given to them in every court within the United States as they have by law or usage in the courts of the State from whence the said records are or shall be taken.
الصفحة 328 - No association shall make any loan or discount on the security of the shares of its own capital stock, nor be the purchaser or holder of any such shares, unless such security or purchase shall be necessary to prevent loss upon a debt previously contracted in good faith...
الصفحة 371 - As a creditors' bill, in the ordinary sense, the complaint is manifestly insufficient. The thresher company, however, plants itself upon the so-called "trust-fund" doctrine .that the capital stock of a corporation is a trust fund for the payment of its debts; its contention being that such a
الصفحة 373 - Every share in any company shall be deemed and taken to have been issued, and to be held, subject to the payment of the whole amount thereof in cash...
الصفحة 532 - ... the Judgment must be reversed, and the case remanded to the Circuit Court, with directions to set aside the verdict, and to order a new trial.
الصفحة 524 - In this court, the doctrine is well settled, that in actions of tort the jury, in addition to the sum awarded by way of compensation for the plaintiff's injury, may award exemplary, punitive or vindictive damages, sometimes called smart money, if the defendant has acted wantonly, or oppressively, or with such malice as implies a spirit of mischief or criminal indifference to civil obligations.
الصفحة 291 - If the act of incorporation be a grant of political power, if it create a civil institution to be employed in the administration of the government, or if the funds of the college be public property, or if the State of New Hampshire, as a government, be alone interested in its transactions, the subject is one in which the legislature of the state may act according to its own judgment...
الصفحة 308 - That the framers of the constitution did not intend to restrain the states in the regulation of their civil institutions, adopted for internal government, and that the instrument they have given us, is not to be so construed, may be admitted.