Cases on the General Principles of the Law of Private Corporations, Volume 1 |
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... respect upon the grant or authority of the state . It was entered into under no statutory license or permission , neither accepting nor de- signed to accept any franchise from the sovereign , but founded wholly upon the individual ...
... respect upon the grant or authority of the state . It was entered into under no statutory license or permission , neither accepting nor de- signed to accept any franchise from the sovereign , but founded wholly upon the individual ...
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Horace La Fayette Wilgus. its form and application , but in no respect material to the present in- quiry . There is ... respects treated and regarded as corporations . Some of this contention is true . The case of People , ex rel . Platt ...
Horace La Fayette Wilgus. its form and application , but in no respect material to the present in- quiry . There is ... respects treated and regarded as corporations . Some of this contention is true . The case of People , ex rel . Platt ...
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... respect to the president for the pur- pose of receiving conveyances of real estate and selling it ; and so when he acts as the organ of maintaining actions in right of the asso- ciation and defending actions brought . All these rights ...
... respect to the president for the pur- pose of receiving conveyances of real estate and selling it ; and so when he acts as the organ of maintaining actions in right of the asso- ciation and defending actions brought . All these rights ...
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... respect , in the following manner : He produced proof that the United States Ex- press Company was an association organized April 22 , 1854 , under the laws of New York , and having a principal place of business in the city of New York ...
... respect , in the following manner : He produced proof that the United States Ex- press Company was an association organized April 22 , 1854 , under the laws of New York , and having a principal place of business in the city of New York ...
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... respect to its property , to the equal protection of the laws ? The learned counsel of the plaintiff and the attorney - general of the state take the negative of this question , and assert with much earnestness that the amendment ...
... respect to its property , to the equal protection of the laws ? The learned counsel of the plaintiff and the attorney - general of the state take the negative of this question , and assert with much earnestness that the amendment ...
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Popular passages
Page 146 - 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.
Page 451 - In the following cases, every agreement shall be void unless such agreement, or some note or memorandum thereof [expressing the consideration], be in writing, and subscribed by the party to be charged therewith.
Page 317 - ... all the navigable waters of said state, shall be common highways and forever free, as well to the inhabitants of said state as to all other citizens of the United States, without any tax, duty, impost or toll therefor.
Page 348 - Corporations may be formed under general laws; but shall not be created by special act, except for municipal purposes, and in cases where, in the judgment of the Legislature, the objects of the corporation cannot be attained under general laws. All general laws and special acts passed pursuant to this section, may be altered from time to time or repealed.
Page 29 - The franchise, roadway, roadbed, rails, and rolling stock of all railroads operated in more than one county...
Page 712 - On more than one occasion this court has expressed the cautious circum>pection with which it approaches the consideration of such questions; and has declared that in no doubtful case would it pronounce a legislative act to be contrary to the constitution.
Page 560 - It is, we think, a sound principle, that when a government becomes a partner in any trading company, it divests itself, so far as concerns the transactions of that company, of its sovereign character,, and takes that of a private citizen.
Page 359 - No private or local bill, which may be passed by the Legislature, shall embrace more than one subject, and that shall be expressed in the title.
Page 328 - The General Assembly shall not pass local or special laws in any of the following enumerated cases...
Page 343 - The Legislature shall have no power to pass any act granting any special charter for banking purposes ; but corporations or associations may be formed for such purposes under general laws.