A Selection of Cases on the Law of Private CorporationsBaker, Voorhis, 1908 - 1148 من الصفحات |
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الصفحة 8
... tion * * In technical language it may include the other , but which meaning it has in any particular act , must depend upon the context subject- matter . " 66 Corporations may sue and be sued like natural persons . Libbey v . Hodg- don ...
... tion * * In technical language it may include the other , but which meaning it has in any particular act , must depend upon the context subject- matter . " 66 Corporations may sue and be sued like natural persons . Libbey v . Hodg- don ...
الصفحة 20
... tion of corporations for business and commercial purposes , and an act passed April 22 , 1853 , entitled " An act for the incorporation . of water companies . " These acts gave it the power of perpetual succession for fifty years , to ...
... tion of corporations for business and commercial purposes , and an act passed April 22 , 1853 , entitled " An act for the incorporation . of water companies . " These acts gave it the power of perpetual succession for fifty years , to ...
الصفحة 28
... tion of making and circulating paper money , is valuable — indeed , a thing of great value . But value is not the distinguish- ing attribute of property . The right of suffrage is esteemed valua- ble ; a public office , with its ...
... tion of making and circulating paper money , is valuable — indeed , a thing of great value . But value is not the distinguish- ing attribute of property . The right of suffrage is esteemed valua- ble ; a public office , with its ...
الصفحة 42
... tion of these bodies is inconsistent with the ninth section of the seventh article of the constitution . On the part of the plaintiffs , it is urged in reply : ( 1 ) That the associations are not corpora- tions ; ( 2 ) That if they be ...
... tion of these bodies is inconsistent with the ninth section of the seventh article of the constitution . On the part of the plaintiffs , it is urged in reply : ( 1 ) That the associations are not corpora- tions ; ( 2 ) That if they be ...
الصفحة 54
... tion , a joint - stock company or association . " People , ex rel . Platt , v . Wemple , 117 N. Y. 136 . Questions have also arisen respecting the right to remove to the federal courts actions between the president or treasurer of such ...
... tion , a joint - stock company or association . " People , ex rel . Platt , v . Wemple , 117 N. Y. 136 . Questions have also arisen respecting the right to remove to the federal courts actions between the president or treasurer of such ...
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مقاطع مشهورة
الصفحة 263 - Under pretense of regulating fares and freights, the state cannot require a railroad corporation to carry persons or property without reward; neither can it do that which in law amounts to a taking of private property for public use without just compensation, or without due process of law.
الصفحة 129 - ... no civil suit shall be brought before either of said courts against any person by any original process or proceeding in any other district than that whereof he is an inhabitant, but where the jurisdiction is founded only on the fact that the action is between citizens of different States, suit shall be brought only in the district of the residence of either the plaintiff or the defendant...
الصفحة 37 - 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 342 - ... in trust or otherwise, more than one-half part of his or her estate, after the payment of his or her debts, and such devise or. bequest shall be valid to the extent of one-half, and no more.
الصفحة 84 - No county, city, town or village shall hereafter give any money or property, or loan its money or credit to or in aid of any individual, association or corporation, or become directly or indirectly the owner of stock in, or bonds of, any association or corporation ; nor shall any such county, city, town or village be allowed to incur any indebtedness except for county, city, town or village purposes.
الصفحة 425 - The directors may delegate any of their powers to committees consisting of such member or members of their body as they think fit : any committee so formed shall, in the exercise of the powers so delegated, conform to any regulations that may be imposed on them by the directors.
الصفحة 480 - To exercise by its board of directors or duly authorized officers or agents, subject to law, all such incidental powers as shall be necessary to carry on the business of banking; by discounting and negotiating promissory notes, drafts, bills of exchange, and other evidences of debt; by receiving deposits; by buying and selling exchange, coin, and bullion; by loaning money on personal security; and by obtaining, issuing, and circulating notes according to the provisions of this title.
الصفحة 343 - To hold, purchase and convey such real and personal estate, as the purposes of the corporation shall require, not exceeding the amount limited in its charter:
الصفحة 710 - ... shall be held individually responsible, equally and ratably, and not one for another, for all contracts, debts, and engagements of euch association, to the extent of the amount of their stock therein, at the par value thereof, in addition to the amount invested in such shares.
الصفحة 136 - And no civil suit shall be brought before either of said courts against an inhabitant of the United States, by any original process in any other district than that whereof he is an inhabitant, or in which he shall be found at the time of serving the writ...