Commentaries on the Law of Private Corporations: Whether with Or Without Capital Stock, Also of Joint-stock Companies and of All the Various Voluntary Unicorporated Associations Organized for Pecuniary Profit Or Mutual Benefit, Volume 1T. H. Flood & Company, 1891 - Corporation law |
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... applied the same lan- guage , the same conceptions , and the same doctrines to these associations which were originally applied to corporations as they existed under purely common - law notions and reg- ulations . The English courts ...
... applied the same lan- guage , the same conceptions , and the same doctrines to these associations which were originally applied to corporations as they existed under purely common - law notions and reg- ulations . The English courts ...
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... applied for it , the grant is said to be $ 15 . ] INTRODUCTORY 23 CREATION OF THE CORPORATION . Acceptance by the incorporators requisite to render the legis- lative grant effective The contract between the incorporators themselves.
... applied for it , the grant is said to be $ 15 . ] INTRODUCTORY 23 CREATION OF THE CORPORATION . Acceptance by the incorporators requisite to render the legis- lative grant effective The contract between the incorporators themselves.
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... applied for it , the grant is said to be in fieri , until there has been an acceptance indicated . ' It may , for a time , remain optional with the persons intended to be incorporated , whether they will take the benefit of the act of ...
... applied for it , the grant is said to be in fieri , until there has been an acceptance indicated . ' It may , for a time , remain optional with the persons intended to be incorporated , whether they will take the benefit of the act of ...
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... applied to the railway and similar corporations must give way , under the new elements which time has added to the problem . But this must be done , not by denouncing judges who faithfully administer the law , but by such prudent ...
... applied to the railway and similar corporations must give way , under the new elements which time has added to the problem . But this must be done , not by denouncing judges who faithfully administer the law , but by such prudent ...
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... applied where corpora- tions have invoked the protection of the rule in the Dartmouth College Case . " The Dartmouth College Case and Private Corporations , " by Will- iam P. Wells , ( 1886 ) 9 Am . Bar Assoc . Rep . 242 . 3 Chicago , M ...
... applied where corpora- tions have invoked the protection of the rule in the Dartmouth College Case . " The Dartmouth College Case and Private Corporations , " by Will- iam P. Wells , ( 1886 ) 9 Am . Bar Assoc . Rep . 242 . 3 Chicago , M ...
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Page 54 - Property does become clothed with a public interest when used in a manner to make it of public consequence, and affect the community at large. When, therefore, one devotes his property to a use in which the public has an interest, he, in effect, grants to the public an interest in that use, and must submit to be controlled by the public for the common good, to the extent of the interest he has thus created.
Page 133 - ... liable as a stockholder accordingly, and the estates and funds in the hands of such executor, administrator, guardian or trustee, shall be liable in like manner, and to the same extent as the testator or intestate, or the ward or person interested in such trust...
Page cxc - It is chiefly for the purpose of clothing bodies of men in succession with these qualities and capacities that corporations were invented and are in use. By these means, a perpetual succession of individuals are capable of acting for the promotion of the particular object, like one immortal being.
Page cxc - Among the most important are immortality, and, if the expression may be allowed, individuality; properties by which a perpetual succession of many persons are considered as the same, and may act as a single individual.
Page 427 - To divide, withdraw, or in any manner pay to the stockholders, or any of them, any part of the capital stock of the corporation ; or to reduce such capital stock without the consent of the legislature ; or 3.
Page 253 - The shareholders or stockholders of every banking or insurance corporation or association shall be held individually responsible, equally and ratably, and not one for another, for all contracts, debts, and engagements of such corporation or association, to the extent of the amount of their stock therein, at the par value thereof, in addition to the amount invested in such shares or stock.
Page 481 - ... to be elected, or to cumulate said shares, and give one candidate as many votes as the number of directors multiplied by the number of his shares of stock shall equal, or to distribute them, on the same principle, among as many candidates as he shall think fit...
Page clxxxix - 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 557 - The court may fill any vacancy in the board of appraisers occurring by refusal or neglect to serve or otherwise. The appraisers shall meet at the time and place designated, and they or any two of them, after being duly sworn honestly and faithfully to discharge their duties, shall estimate and certify the value of such stock at the time of such dissent...
Page 76 - ... weeks previous to the day fixed upon' for holding 'such meeting, specifying the object of the meeting, the time and place when and where such meeting shall be held, and the amount to which it shall be proposed to increase or diminish the capital...