Leading Cases on Private Corporations: To Accompany Principles of Private CorporationsBowen-Merrill Company, 1898 - 341 من الصفحات |
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الصفحة 258
... transaction of its business , in the same manner as if the act had been clothed with all the formalities of a corporate act . This must be so , because , the stockholders having a dual capacity , and capable of acting in cither , and a ...
... transaction of its business , in the same manner as if the act had been clothed with all the formalities of a corporate act . This must be so , because , the stockholders having a dual capacity , and capable of acting in cither , and a ...
الصفحة 265
... transactions of the community , have undergone a change in this country within the last half century , the importance of which can hardly be overestimated . They have entered so extensively into the business of the country , the most ...
... transactions of the community , have undergone a change in this country within the last half century , the importance of which can hardly be overestimated . They have entered so extensively into the business of the country , the most ...
الصفحة 290
... transactions between individ- uals by dispensing with a faithful performance of engagements . To correct this mischief , by restraining the power which produced it , the state legislatures were forbidden " to pass any law impair- ing ...
... transactions between individ- uals by dispensing with a faithful performance of engagements . To correct this mischief , by restraining the power which produced it , the state legislatures were forbidden " to pass any law impair- ing ...
الصفحة 291
... transactions , the sub- ject is one in which the legislature of the state may act according to its own judgment , unrestrained by any limitation of its power imposed by the constitution of the United States . But if this be a private ...
... transactions , the sub- ject is one in which the legislature of the state may act according to its own judgment , unrestrained by any limitation of its power imposed by the constitution of the United States . But if this be a private ...
الصفحة 298
... transaction would have been uni- versally acknowledged . Yet then , as now , the donors would have had no interest in the property ; then , as now , those who might be students would have had no rights to be violated ; then , as now ...
... transaction would have been uni- versally acknowledged . Yet then , as now , the donors would have had no interest in the property ; then , as now , those who might be students would have had no rights to be violated ; then , as now ...
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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.