The Southeastern Reporter, Volume 46West Publishing Company, 1904 - Law reports, digests, etc |
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... Corporations , vol . 36 , Cent . Dig . § 628 . 40 , p . 712 , of the Private Laws of 1881 , and by chapter 68 of the ... corporation . That all acts and doings of said board within the scope of their duty or authority are declared to be ...
... Corporations , vol . 36 , Cent . Dig . § 628 . 40 , p . 712 , of the Private Laws of 1881 , and by chapter 68 of the ... corporation . That all acts and doings of said board within the scope of their duty or authority are declared to be ...
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... corporation . * The powers , the rights , and the property of the new corpora- tion rest exclusively in it , and in no degree in the city of Waterville . That the Legisla- ture has authority to create the water dis- trict cannot be ...
... corporation . * The powers , the rights , and the property of the new corpora- tion rest exclusively in it , and in no degree in the city of Waterville . That the Legisla- ture has authority to create the water dis- trict cannot be ...
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... corporation and its servant for the willful tort of the servant , though the master has not directed or ratified the tort . 2. Under Code of Law , § 2283 , providing that depositions taken de bene esse shall be retained by the officer ...
... corporation and its servant for the willful tort of the servant , though the master has not directed or ratified the tort . 2. Under Code of Law , § 2283 , providing that depositions taken de bene esse shall be retained by the officer ...
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... corporation and one of its employés , to recover without proof of such joint and concurrent tort , would deprive such foreign corporation of the right of re- moval guarantied by the Constitution and laws of the United States . ' " 21 ...
... corporation and one of its employés , to recover without proof of such joint and concurrent tort , would deprive such foreign corporation of the right of re- moval guarantied by the Constitution and laws of the United States . ' " 21 ...
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... corporation , de- siring to do business in this state , filled with the Secretary of State , March 7 , 1903 , a copy of the certificate of its corporation , and re- quested the Secretary of State to issue to it a certificate of the fact ...
... corporation , de- siring to do business in this state , filled with the Secretary of State , March 7 , 1903 , a copy of the certificate of its corporation , and re- quested the Secretary of State to issue to it a certificate of the fact ...
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Page 271 - The navigable waters leading into the Mississippi and St. Lawrence, and the carrying places between the same, shall be common highways, and forever free, as well to the inhabitants of the said Territory as to the citizens of the United States, and those of any other States that may be admitted into the confederacy, without any tax, impost or duty therefor.
Page 356 - The general principle announced in numerous cases is that a right, question or fact distinctly put in issue and directly determined by a court of competent jurisdiction, as a ground of recovery, cannot be disputed in a subsequent suit between the same parties or their privies...
Page 187 - It is a general and undisputed proposition of law that a municipal corporation possesses and can exercise the following powers, and no others : First, those granted in express words; second, those necessarily or fairly implied in or incident to the powers expressly granted; third, those essential to the accomplishment of the declared objects and purposes of the corporation, — not simply convenient, but indispensable.
Page 398 - THIS INDENTURE, made this day of , in the year One thousand, nine hundred and , between of , the party of the first part...
Page 240 - And it appears in our books, that in many cases, the common law will control acts of parliament, and sometimes adjudge them to be utterly void ; for when an act of parliament is against common right and reason, or repugnant, or impossible to be performed, the common law will control it, and adjudge such act to be void ; and therefore in 8 E 330 ab Thomas Tregor's case on the statutes of W.
Page 82 - As a general rule, the action on a contract, whether express or implied, or whether by parol or under seal, or of record, must be brought in the name of the party in whom the legal interest in such contract is vested, and against the party who made it in person or by agent.
Page 236 - Wherever two persons stand in such a relation that, while it continues, confidence is necessarily reposed by one, and the influence which naturally grows out of that confidence is possessed by the other, and this confidence is abused, or the influence is exerted to obtain an advantage at the expense of the confiding party, the person so availing himself of his position will not be permitted to retain the advantage, although the transaction could not have been impeached if no such confidential relation...
Page 126 - ... but within twenty years next after the time at which the right to make such entry or distress or to bring such action shall have first accrued to some person through whom he claims...
Page 271 - that the use and navigation of the river Ohio, so far as the territory of the proposed state, or the territory which shall remain within the limits of this Commonwealth lies thereon, shall be free and common to the citizens of the United States...
Page 331 - But a mere intruder cannot enter on a person actually seized and eject him, and then question his title or set up an outstanding title in another. The maxim that the plaintiff must recover on the strength of his own title, and not on the weakness of the defendant's, is applicable to all actions for the recovery of property.