A General Digest of the Law of Corporations: Presenting the American Adjudications Upon Public and Private Corporations of Every Kind. With a Full Selection of English Cases |
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... Railroad Co. payable , “ when needed for the payment of the contractors for the construction of the road , in such instalments as shall be called and required by the president and directors 23. The charter of a railroad corporation of ...
... Railroad Co. payable , “ when needed for the payment of the contractors for the construction of the road , in such instalments as shall be called and required by the president and directors 23. The charter of a railroad corporation of ...
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... railroad corpo- | number of shares , and that the company might ration provides that the capital stock shall therefore proceed to make and enforce calls , consist of not more than a certain number of shares , " the number of which shall ...
... railroad corpo- | number of shares , and that the company might ration provides that the capital stock shall therefore proceed to make and enforce calls , consist of not more than a certain number of shares , " the number of which shall ...
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... Railroad Co. v . Bucher , 7 Wats , expectancy , where the land is taken from him 33 . by an incorporated company , under a statute directing compensation to be paid to the owners and occupiers of land through , under , in or upon which ...
... Railroad Co. v . Bucher , 7 Wats , expectancy , where the land is taken from him 33 . by an incorporated company , under a statute directing compensation to be paid to the owners and occupiers of land through , under , in or upon which ...
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... railroad over a certain route does not prevent the State from claim- ing compensation for lands belonging to the State and taken for the purposes of the road , - —see Commonwealth v . Boston & Maine Railroad , 3 Cush . 25 . sideration ...
... railroad over a certain route does not prevent the State from claim- ing compensation for lands belonging to the State and taken for the purposes of the road , - —see Commonwealth v . Boston & Maine Railroad , 3 Cush . 25 . sideration ...
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... Railroad v . Heister , 8 Pa . St. 445 ; 2 Am . Railw . Cas . 337 . matters of much importance . In both cases , the ... railroad through an individual's land is the difference between what the whole property would have sold for ...
... Railroad v . Heister , 8 Pa . St. 445 ; 2 Am . Railw . Cas . 337 . matters of much importance . In both cases , the ... railroad through an individual's land is the difference between what the whole property would have sold for ...
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Page 177 - State which may take and claim the benefit of this act, to the endowment, support, and maintenance of at least one college where the leading object shall be, without excluding other scientific and classical studies, and including military tactics, to teach such branches of learning as are related to Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts...
Page 485 - It shall be the duty of the Legislature to provide for the organization of cities and incorporated villages, and to restrict their power of taxation, assessment, borrowing money, contracting debts, and loaning their credit, so as to prevent abuses in assessments and in contracting debt by such municipal corporations...
Page 58 - Seventh. 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.
Page 61 - The taking, receiving, reserving, or charging a rate of interest greater than is allowed by the preceding section, when knowingly done, shall be deemed a forfeiture of the entire interest which the note, bill, or other evidence of debt carries with it, or which has been agreed to be paid thereon.
Page 62 - All national banking associations, designated for that purpose by the Secretary of the Treasury, shall be depositaries of public money, except receipts from customs, under such regulations as may be prescribed by the Secretary; and they may also be employed as financial agents of the government; and they shall perform all such reasonable duties as depositaries of public moneys and financial agents of the government, as may be required of them.
Page 62 - ... made after the commission of an act of insolvency, or in contemplation thereof, made with a view to prevent the application of its assets in the manner prescribed by this chapter, or with a View to the preference of one creditor to another, except in payment of its circulating notes, shall be utterly null and void...
Page 177 - That all moneys derived from the sale of the lands aforesaid by the States to which the lands are apportioned, and from the sales of land scrip hereinbefore provided for, shall be invested in stocks of the United States, or of the States, or some other safe stocks, yielding not less than five per centum upon the par value of said stocks...
Page 154 - Any privileges which may exempt it from the burdens common to individuals do not flow necessarily from the charter, but must be expressed in it, or they do not exist.
Page 218 - It exists only in contemplation of law, and by force of the law; and where that law ceases to operate, and is no longer obligatory, the corporation can have no existence. It must dwell in the place of its creation, and cannot migrate to another sovereignty.
Page 60 - If no bidder can be found who will pay for such stock the amount due thereon to the association, and the cost of advertisement and sale, the amount previously paid shall be forfeited to the association, and such stock shall be sold as the directors may order, within six months from the time of such forfeiture, and if not sold it shall be canceled and deducted from the capital stock of the association.