 | Michigan. Supreme Court, Randolph Manning, George C. Gibbs, Thomas McIntyre Cooley, Elijah W. Meddaugh, William Jennison, Hovey K. Clarke, Hoyt Post, Henry Allen Chaney, William Dudley Fuller, John Adams Brooks, Marquis B. Eaton, Herschel Bouton Lazell, James M. Reasoner, Richard W. Cooper - Law reports, digests, etc - 1900 - 804 pages
...legislature of this State has recognized the terms as convertible. Section 1255, 1 How. Stat., provides: "The term 'corporation,' as- used in this act, shall be construed to include all associations and joint-stock companies having any of the powers or privileges of corporations not possessed by individuals... | |
 | Theodore Sedgwick - Constitutional history - 1857 - 774 pages
...exercise in relation to past as well as future contracts.* A New York act of 1850, chap. 1*72, declares, that " no corporation shall hereafter interpose the defence of usury" in any action. It has been said that this is in the nature of a penalty or forfeiture remitted by the legislature... | |
 | Freeman Hunt, Thomas Prentice Kettell, William Buck Dana - Commerce - 1859 - 804 pages
...by it on the loan or forbearance of money. It involves the act of 1850, which is as follows : — " No corporation shall hereafter interpose the defence of usury in any action." (Lawsof 1850, c. 172,sec.l.) Our statute forbids any person or corporation, directly or indirectly,... | |
 | New York (State). Court of Appeals, George Franklin Comstock, Henry Rogers Selden, Francis Kernan, Erasmus Peshine Smith, Joel Tiffany, Edward Jordan Dimock, Samuel Hand, Hiram Edward Sickels, Louis J. Rezzemini, Edmund Hamilton Smith, Edwin Augustus Bedell, Alvah S. Newcomb, James Newton Fiero - Law reports, digests, etc - 1859 - 662 pages
...courts of this state, it may be suggested, in the first place, that the terms of the act are general: "No corporation shall hereafter interpose the defence of usury in any action." There is nothing in the words of the act itself which would indicate an intention on the part of the... | |
 | Nathan Howard (Jr.) - Civil procedure - 1859 - 616 pages
...or forbearance of money ? It involves the construction of the act of 1850, which is as follows : '' No corporation shall hereafter interpose the defence of usury in any action." (Laws of 1850, ch. 172, § 1.) Our statute forbids any person or corporation directly or indirectly... | |
 | 1859 - 788 pages
...by it on the loan or forbearance of money. It involves the act of 1850, which is as follows : — " No corporation shall hereafter interpose the defence of usury in any action." (Laws of 1850, c. 172, sec. ] .) Our statute forbids any person or corporation, directly or indirectly,... | |
 | Commerce - 1859 - 780 pages
...by it on the loan or forbearance of money. It involves the act of 1850, which is as follows : — " No corporation shall hereafter interpose the defence of usury in any action." (Laws of 1850, c. 172, sec. ] .) Our statute forbids any person or corporation, directly or indirectly,... | |
 | Benjamin Vaughan Abbott - Civil procedure - 1859 - 580 pages
...loan or forbearance of money. It involves the construction of the act of 1850, which is as follows : "No corporation shall hereafter interpose the defence of usury in any action." (Laws of 1850, ch. 172, sec. 1.) Our statute forbids any person or corporation, directly or indirectly,... | |
 | New York (State). Court of Appeals, George Franklin Comstock, Henry Rogers Selden, Francis Kernan, Erasmus Peshine Smith, Joel Tiffany, Edward Jordan Dimock, Samuel Hand, Hiram Edward Sickels, Louis J. Rezzemini, Edmund Hamilton Smith, Edwin Augustus Bedell, Alvah S. Newcomb, James Newton Fiero - Law reports, digests, etc - 1864 - 674 pages
...think, tvail himself of it as a defence. The act of 1850, provides Curtis and others against Loavitt. that no corporation shall hereafter interpose the defence of usury, in any case. ( Session Laws 1850, ch. 172, § 1.) There can be no doubt that this statute operates upon defencea... | |
 | New York (State) - Law - 1869 - 1006 pages
...hereafter interpose the defence Defence of of usury in any action. 17 NT, 52; 15 NT, 85. posedg 2. The term corporation, as used in this act, shall be...construed to include all associations and joint stock coin panics ro^S liaving any of the powers and privileges of corporations nottlonpossessed by individuals... | |
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corporation," as used in this act, shall be construed to include all corporations, companies, associations, and joint-stock associations or companies. 
