The Mining Reports: A Series Containing the Cases on the Law of Mines Found in the American and English Reports, Arranged Alphabetically by Subjects, with Notes and References, Volume 4Callaghan, 1884 - Mining law |
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... Duty of directors to dispose of remaining assets after loss of its sub- stantial property . Where the essential and principal property of a mining company is sold under a trust deed securing its bonds , the com- pany owing still other ...
... Duty of directors to dispose of remaining assets after loss of its sub- stantial property . Where the essential and principal property of a mining company is sold under a trust deed securing its bonds , the com- pany owing still other ...
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... duty of the directors ? Surely , every person would , without hesitation , say , sell the remainder of the property and pay the debts of the company . This was dictated by every principle of justice and right . To have done otherwise ...
... duty of the directors ? Surely , every person would , without hesitation , say , sell the remainder of the property and pay the debts of the company . This was dictated by every principle of justice and right . To have done otherwise ...
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... duties formerly devolving on him , he could be proceeded against as for trespass . If this could not be done , the employe could remain and discharge the duties of agent or overseer against the will of the principal and in violation of ...
... duties formerly devolving on him , he could be proceeded against as for trespass . If this could not be done , the employe could remain and discharge the duties of agent or overseer against the will of the principal and in violation of ...
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... duty , the company could not remove Patrick , and thus repudiate the contract , then the contract was cer- tainly one - sided . Davis reserved to himself the right to ig- nore the contract at pleasure , and to proceed against the com ...
... duty , the company could not remove Patrick , and thus repudiate the contract , then the contract was cer- tainly one - sided . Davis reserved to himself the right to ig- nore the contract at pleasure , and to proceed against the com ...
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... duty and not required thereby , may recover compensation there- for upon a promise implied from facts and circumstances . 1 Cheeney v . Lafayette Co. , 68 Ill . 570 . Action for services by a director of a corporation in 44 CORPORATION .
... duty and not required thereby , may recover compensation there- for upon a promise implied from facts and circumstances . 1 Cheeney v . Lafayette Co. , 68 Ill . 570 . Action for services by a director of a corporation in 44 CORPORATION .
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Page 504 - That whenever by priority of possession rights to the use of water for mining, agricultural, manufacturing, or other purposes have vested and accrued and the same are recognized and acknowledged by the local customs, laws, and the decisions of courts, the possessors and owners of such vested rights shall be maintained and protected in the same...
Page 424 - All records of mining claims hereafter made shall contain the name or names of the locators, the date of the location, and such a description of the claim or claims located by reference to some natural object or permanent monument as will identify the claim.
Page 740 - Negligence" has been defined to be 'the omission to do something which a reasonable man, guided by those considerations which ordinarily regulate the conduct of human affairs, would do, or doing something which a prudent and reasonable man would not do.
Page 448 - And the space of time here referred to as comprehending the sickly season, shall be understood to extend from the first day of May to the first day of November.
Page 504 - ... and the right of way for the construction of ditches and canals for the purposes herein specified is acknowledged and confirmed ; but whenever any person, in the construction of any ditch or canal, injures or damages the possession of any settler on the public domain, the party committing such injury or damage shall be liable to the party injured for such injury or damage.
Page 678 - The proceeds of all lands that have been or may hereafter be granted by the United States to the state for the support of a university, shall be and remain a perpetual fund, to be called the
Page 423 - States governing their possessory title, shall have the exclusive right of possession and enjoyment of all the surface included within the lines of their locations, and of all veins, lodes and ledges throughout their entire depth...
Page 683 - An act granting the right of way to ditch and canal owners over the public lands, and for other purposes," shall be abrogated by this act; and all patents granted shall be subject to any vested and accrued water rights, or rights to ditches and reservoirs used in connection with such water rights...
Page 28 - 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 207 - The Commissioner of the General Land Office, under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, is authorized to enforce and carry into execution, by appropriate regulations, every part of the provisions of this title not otherwise specially provided for.