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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... charter contract 26. The same subject continued 27. The same subject continued - Of exclusive privileges 28. Of the police power Page . § 21 . Of the distinction between a franchise and a license 22. The contract of the State with the ...
... charter contract 26. The same subject continued 27. The same subject continued - Of exclusive privileges 28. Of the police power Page . § 21 . Of the distinction between a franchise and a license 22. The contract of the State with the ...
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... charter 517. Subscriptions to obtain charter not to be conditional 518. Who may receive subscriptions 520. Limitation of the amount of a single subscription 521. Subscriptions in excess of the capital stock 522. Competency to subscribe ...
... charter 517. Subscriptions to obtain charter not to be conditional 518. Who may receive subscriptions 520. Limitation of the amount of a single subscription 521. Subscriptions in excess of the capital stock 522. Competency to subscribe ...
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... charter to the Bank of the United States , the power of congress to pass the act was seriously questioned . President Washington signed the bill only after much hesitation . And when. tion of President Washington , the charter of the ...
... charter to the Bank of the United States , the power of congress to pass the act was seriously questioned . President Washington signed the bill only after much hesitation . And when. tion of President Washington , the charter of the ...
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... charter which declares that it intends to be gov erned by the canons of a certain religious denomination , it is not requisite first to show that it is acting in conformity with those canons . That is a matter to be determined ...
... charter which declares that it intends to be gov erned by the canons of a certain religious denomination , it is not requisite first to show that it is acting in conformity with those canons . That is a matter to be determined ...
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... charter offered for the approval of the court should not contain provisions for the internal management of the corporation which are properly the subject of by - laws . The proposed charter should be written upon a single piece of paper ...
... charter offered for the approval of the court should not contain provisions for the internal management of the corporation which are properly the subject of by - laws . The proposed charter should be written upon a single piece of paper ...
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Popular passages
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...