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... claim for the rebate , and the statement of a specific sum al- lowed and paid on account thereof . Upon the trial there was a conviction upon all of the six counts , two to seven inclusive . The assistant traffic manager was sentenced ...
... claim for the rebate , and the statement of a specific sum al- lowed and paid on account thereof . Upon the trial there was a conviction upon all of the six counts , two to seven inclusive . The assistant traffic manager was sentenced ...
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... claim of title made by the Montgomery Web Company . At the trial on October 9 , 1888 , the plaintiff in the issue ... claims there might be against them , and the agent of the landlord was so notified ; that those looms were afterwards ...
... claim of title made by the Montgomery Web Company . At the trial on October 9 , 1888 , the plaintiff in the issue ... claims there might be against them , and the agent of the landlord was so notified ; that those looms were afterwards ...
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George Folger Canfield. and the Montgomery Web Co. paid the claims of all the creditors , other than Dienelt & Eisenhardt ... claim ; that Dienelt & Eisenhardt , having learned of it in some way unknown to the witness , en- deavored to ...
George Folger Canfield. and the Montgomery Web Co. paid the claims of all the creditors , other than Dienelt & Eisenhardt ... claim ; that Dienelt & Eisenhardt , having learned of it in some way unknown to the witness , en- deavored to ...
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... claim , is not evidence that they were intended to be defrauded . " This was not an adequate presentation of the case . It omits all mention of the facts that the failure to provide for defendants , to include them in the paper , or to ...
... claim , is not evidence that they were intended to be defrauded . " This was not an adequate presentation of the case . It omits all mention of the facts that the failure to provide for defendants , to include them in the paper , or to ...
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... claims . Equity will not compel the creditor of a corporation to waive his right to enforce his claim against the visible and tangible property of the corporation , and to run the chances of following and recovering the value of shares ...
... claims . Equity will not compel the creditor of a corporation to waive his right to enforce his claim against the visible and tangible property of the corporation , and to run the chances of following and recovering the value of shares ...
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Page 69 - 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 655 - ... that the plaintiff was a shareholder at the time of the transaction of which he complains or that his share thereafter devolved on him by operation of law...
Page 719 - ... purchase, hold, sell, assign, transfer, mortgage, pledge or otherwise dispose of the shares of the capital stock of, or any bonds, securities or evidences of indebtedness created by any other corporation or corporations of this or any other state, and while owner of such stock may exercise all the rights, powers and privileges of ownership, including the right to vote thereon.
Page 627 - No corporation shall issue stock or bonds, except for money paid, labor done, or property actually received, and all fictitious increase of stock or indebtedness shall be void.
Page 335 - The principle of public policy is this : Ex dolo malo non oritur actio. No court will lend its aid to a man who founds his cause of action upon an immoral or an illegal act.
Page 151 - A paper is said to be filed when it is delivered to the proper officer, and by him received, to be kept on file.
Page 635 - Any corporation formed under this act may purchase mines, manufactories or other property necessary for its business, or the stock of any company or companies owning, mining, manufacturing or producing materials, or other property necessary for its business, and issue stock to the amount of the value thereof in payment therefor...
Page 21 - When construing and enforcing the provisions of this act, the act, omission, or failure of any officer, agent, or other person acting for or employed by any...
Page 125 - Every such increase or reduction must be authorized either by the unanimous consent of the stockholders, expressed in writing and filed in the office of the secretary of state and in the office of the clerk of the county in which the...
Page 335 - Cowper, 341, decided in 1775, that "the objection that a contract is immoral or illegal as between the plaintiff and defendant, sounds at all times very ill in the mouth of the defendant. It is not for his sake, however, that the objection is ever allowed ; but it is founded in general principles of policy, which the defendant has the advantage of, contrary to the real justice, as between him and the plaintiff, by accident, if I may so say.