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... poration , or a body incorporate , because the persons are made into a body , and are of capacity to take and grant , & c . * * * Every body politike , or corporate is either ecclesiasticall or lay . And again it is either sole , or ...
... poration , or a body incorporate , because the persons are made into a body , and are of capacity to take and grant , & c . * * * Every body politike , or corporate is either ecclesiasticall or lay . And again it is either sole , or ...
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... poration , as a natural person , to own its property and do its business in his own name . While the corporation exists he is a mere stock- holder of it , and nothing else . The consequences of a violation of these principles would be ...
... poration , as a natural person , to own its property and do its business in his own name . While the corporation exists he is a mere stock- holder of it , and nothing else . The consequences of a violation of these principles would be ...
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... porate powers actually authorized , and in such cases there need be no written authority under seal or vote of the ... poration for an act done while an authorized agent of the company is exercising the authority conferred upon him ...
... porate powers actually authorized , and in such cases there need be no written authority under seal or vote of the ... poration for an act done while an authorized agent of the company is exercising the authority conferred upon him ...
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... poration can lawfully dispose of its assets without the assent of all its creditors , there being no actual fraud intended ; and this is the question that has been argued here by appellee . But it is only half the question , and the ...
... poration can lawfully dispose of its assets without the assent of all its creditors , there being no actual fraud intended ; and this is the question that has been argued here by appellee . But it is only half the question , and the ...
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... poration organized for the purpose of prosecuting the suits . - Eds . " Statement abridged and portions of opinion omitted . - Eds . 3 - PRIVATE CORP : The facts of this case as stated by the Appellate RELATION TO NON - MEMBERS . 33.
... poration organized for the purpose of prosecuting the suits . - Eds . " Statement abridged and portions of opinion omitted . - Eds . 3 - PRIVATE CORP : The facts of this case as stated by the Appellate RELATION TO NON - MEMBERS . 33.
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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.