The American and English Encyclopedia of Law, Volume 17John Houston Merrill, Thomas Johnson Michie, Charles Frederic Williams, David Shephard Garland E. Thompson, 1892 - Law |
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... York Rev. Stat . ( 3rd ed . ) 707 , by actual occupant in designating the individual against whom the action might be brought , was intended no more than the tenant in possession , as that term was used in the former prac- tice in ...
... York Rev. Stat . ( 3rd ed . ) 707 , by actual occupant in designating the individual against whom the action might be brought , was intended no more than the tenant in possession , as that term was used in the former prac- tice in ...
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... York , the supreme court sitting as a court of chancery , is em- powered to review corporate elections , and to grant such relief as the particu- lar circumstances and justice of the case seem to require . See Schoharie Valley R. Co's ...
... York , the supreme court sitting as a court of chancery , is em- powered to review corporate elections , and to grant such relief as the particu- lar circumstances and justice of the case seem to require . See Schoharie Valley R. Co's ...
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... York etc. R. Co. , 2 Sandf . ( N. Y. ) 39. See Morawetz Private Corporations , § 536 . The directors cannot delegate the power given to them by statute of sell- ing shares of stockholders for nonpay- ment of assessments . York etc. R ...
... York etc. R. Co. , 2 Sandf . ( N. Y. ) 39. See Morawetz Private Corporations , § 536 . The directors cannot delegate the power given to them by statute of sell- ing shares of stockholders for nonpay- ment of assessments . York etc. R ...
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... York held that although another State can- not create a corporation within the State of New York , yet it is no objec- tion to the corporate acts of foreign corporations done in that State that they are authorized by a meeting of the ...
... York held that although another State can- not create a corporation within the State of New York , yet it is no objec- tion to the corporate acts of foreign corporations done in that State that they are authorized by a meeting of the ...
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... York etc. S. S. Co. , 3 Hun ( N. Y. ) 383 ; United Society of Shakers v . Underwood , 9 Bush ( Ky . ) 617 ; Goodin v . Cincinnati etc. Canal Co. , 18 Ohio St. 169 ; Buell v . Bucking- ham , 16 Iowa 284 ; Flint etc. R. Co. v . Dewey , 14 ...
... York etc. S. S. Co. , 3 Hun ( N. Y. ) 383 ; United Society of Shakers v . Underwood , 9 Bush ( Ky . ) 617 ; Goodin v . Cincinnati etc. Canal Co. , 18 Ohio St. 169 ; Buell v . Bucking- ham , 16 Iowa 284 ; Flint etc. R. Co. v . Dewey , 14 ...
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Page 472 - Every subject of the Commonwealth ought to find a certain remedy, by having recourse to the laws, for all injuries or wrongs which he may receive in his person, property or character. He ought to obtain right and justice freely, and without being obliged to purchase it; completely, and without any denial; promptly, and without delay ; conformably to the laws.
Page 635 - An intervention takes place when a third person is permitted to become a party to an action or proceeding between other persons, either by joining the plaintiff in claiming what is sought by the complaint, or by uniting with the defendant in resisting the claims of the plaintiff, or by demanding anything adversely to both the plaintiff and the defendant, and is made by complaint, setting forth the grounds upon which the intervention rests, filed by leave of the court...
Page 472 - All courts shall be open; and every man, for an injury done him in his lands, goods, person, or reputation, shall have remedy by due course of law, and right and justice administered, without sale, denial, or delay.
Page 583 - Any person may be made a defendant who has or claims an interest in the controversy adverse to the plaintiff, or who is a necessary party to a complete determination or settlement of the question involved therein.
Page 581 - Persons severally liable upon the same obligation or instrument, including the parties to bills of exchange and promissory notes, and sureties on the same or separate instruments, may all or any of them be included in the same action, at the option of the plaintiff...
Page 171 - Or such a fraudulent transaction completed or contemplated by the acting managers, in connection with some other party, or among themselves, or with other shareholders as will result in serious injury to the corporation, or to the interests of the other shareholders...
Page 43 - M. , for the purpose of electing Directors and for the transaction of such other business as may come before the meeting.
Page 590 - ... when the question is one of a common or general interest of many persons, or when the parties are very numerous and it may be impracticable to bring them all before the Court, one or more may sue or defend for the benefit of the whole, one action SEC.
Page 584 - The court may determine any controversy between parties before it, when it can be done without prejudice to the rights of others, or by saving their rights; but when a complete determination of the controversy cannot be had without the presence of other parties, the court must then order them to be brought in.
Page 478 - On the other hand, counties are at most but local organizations, which, for the purpose of civil administration, are invested with a few functions characteristic of a corporate existence. They are local subdivisions of a State, created by the sovereign power of the State of its own sovereign will, without the particular solicitation, consent or concurrent action of the people who inhabit them.