Jahrbücher der Geschichte und Staatskunst [afterw.] Jahrbücher der Geschichte und Politik [afterw.] Neue Jahrbücher der Geschichte, der Staats- und Cameralwissenschaften [afterw.] Neue Jahrbücher der Geschichte und Politik. Herausg. von K.H.L. Pölitz, Volume 2

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Karl Heinrich L. Pölitz
1835
 

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Page 317 - They have seen, too, that one legislative interference is but the link of a long chain of repetitions ; every subsequent interference being naturally produced by the effects of the preceding. They very rightly infer, therefore, that some thorough reform is wanting, which will banish speculations on public measures, inspire a general prudence and industry, and give a regular course to the business of society.
Page 317 - Whatever respect might have been felt for the state sovereignties, it is not to be disguised, that the framers of the constitution viewed, with some apprehension, the violent acts which might grow out of the feelings of the moment ; and that the people of the United States in adopting that instrument, have manifested a determination to shield themselves, and their property, from the effects of those sudden and strong passions to which men are exposed.
Page 326 - York" and by that name they and their successors shall and may have continual succession, and shall be persons in law, capable of suing and being sued, pleading and being impleaded, answering and being answered unto, defending and being defended, in all courts and places...
Page 317 - The sober People of America are weary of the fluctuating policy which has directed the public councils. They have seen with regret and with indignation, that sudden changes, and legislative interferences, in cases affecting personal rights, become jobs in the hands of enterprising and influential speculators, and snares to the more industrious and less informed part of the community.
Page 297 - A CORPORATION is a franchise possessed by one or more individuals, who subsist, as a body politic, under a special denomination, and are vested, by the policy of the law, with the capacity of perpetual succession, and of acting in several respects, however numerous the association may be, as a single individual.
Page 327 - ... alter the same from time to time ; and shall be capable of purchasing, taking, holding, and enjoying, to them and their successors, any real estate in fee simple or otherwise, and any goods, chattels, and personal estate, and...
Page 331 - ... the corporation, and as complete authority to their agents, as the most solemn acts done under the corporate seal. With respect to banks, from the very nature of their operations in discounting notes, receiving deposits, paying checks, and other ordinary contracts, it would be impracticable to affix the corporate seal as a confirmation of each individual act.
Page 327 - Society shall, from time to time, forever hereafter, have power to make, constitute, ordain, and establish such by-laws and regulations as they shall judge proper, for the election of their officers ; for prescribing their respective functions, and the mode of discharging the same ; for the admission of new members...
Page 330 - States, that whenever a corporation is acting within the scope of the legitimate purpose of its institution, all parol contracts made by its authorized agents are express...
Page 314 - Attorney-General may maintain an action to vacate or annul letters-patent, granted by the people of the State, in either of the following cases : 1. Where they were obtained by means of a fraudulent suggestion, or concealment of a material fact, made by, or with the knowledge or consent of, the person to whom they were issued. 2. Where they were issued in ignorance of a material fact, or through mistake.

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