Handbook of the Law of Private CorporationsWest Publishing Company, 1897 - 729 páginas |
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... reason and policy , it will be disregarded , and the fact that the corporation is really a collection of individuals will be recognized , even at law . Courts of equity , in numerous instances , look behind the corporate en- tity , and ...
... reason and policy , it will be disregarded , and the fact that the corporation is really a collection of individuals will be recognized , even at law . Courts of equity , in numerous instances , look behind the corporate en- tity , and ...
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... reason , a justice or Button v . 17 " The owner of all the capital stock of a corporation does not , therefore , own its property , or any of it , and does not himself become the corporation , as a nat- ural person , to own its property ...
... reason , a justice or Button v . 17 " The owner of all the capital stock of a corporation does not , therefore , own its property , or any of it , and does not himself become the corporation , as a nat- ural person , to own its property ...
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... reason , this cannot be done , courts of equity will not allow the legal fiction of a distinct corporate entity to stand in the way of justice . Thus , though an action against the officers of a corporation for conversion of its ...
... reason , this cannot be done , courts of equity will not allow the legal fiction of a distinct corporate entity to stand in the way of justice . Thus , though an action against the officers of a corporation for conversion of its ...
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... reason of the death , legal disability , or withdrawal of members . In the case of an ordinary partnership , the withdrawal of a member dissolves the firm . Even if the remaining partners continue to car- ry on the business as a firm ...
... reason of the death , legal disability , or withdrawal of members . In the case of an ordinary partnership , the withdrawal of a member dissolves the firm . Even if the remaining partners continue to car- ry on the business as a firm ...
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... reason the resemblance between corporations and joint - stock companies is very close . It is often difficult to dis- tinguish them . The distinction , however , is important . Joint - stock companies are formed solely by agreement ...
... reason the resemblance between corporations and joint - stock companies is very close . It is often difficult to dis- tinguish them . The distinction , however , is important . Joint - stock companies are formed solely by agreement ...
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action agent agreement articles of association Ass'n association Bank binding by-laws capital stock certificate charter choses in action common law Conn constitutional Corp corporate existence corporation de facto court of equity creditors Cumming debts declared directors dividend doctrine estopped estoppel expressly foreign corporation forfeiture franchises fraud Gray Mass held hold holders incorporation individual insolvent Insurance issued jurisdiction legislature liability Manuf'g Minn mortgage N. J. Eq N. J. Law natural person officers Ohio St organized paid par value party payment poration Post preferred stock Priv profits prohibited provision purchase purpose quo warranto Railroad Co railroad company Railway rule shareholder Shep statute statutory stockholders subscriber subscription supra Tenn tion transaction transfer trust Turnpike Turnpike Co ultra vires unless valid void vote W. D. Smith weight of authority
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Página 4 - 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.
Página 474 - ... for as many persons as there are directors or managers 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 shares of stock, shall equal, or to distribute them on the same principle among as many candidates as he shall think fit, and such directors shall not be elected in any other manner.
Página 612 - But the privileges and immunities secured to citizens of each state in the several states by the provision in question are those privileges and immunities which are common to the citizens in the latter states under their constitution and laws by virtue of their being citizens.
Página 306 - But the rule of law is clear, .that, where one by his words or conduct wilfully causes another to believe the existence of a certain state of things, and induces him to act on that belief, so as to alter his own previous position, the former is concluded from averring against the latter a different state of things as existing at the same time...
Página 612 - They may exclude the foreign corporation entirely; they may restrict its business to particular localities, or they may exact such security for the performance of its contracts with their citizens as in their judgment will best promote the public interest. The whole matter rests in their discretion.
Página 183 - It is now very well settled that a corporation cannot avail itself of the defense of ultra vires when the contract has been, in good faith, fully performed by the other party, and the corporation has had the full benefit of the performance and of the contract.
Página 30 - It is, we think, a sound principle, that, when a government becomes a partner in any trading company, it divests itself, so far as concerns the transactions of that company, of its sovereign character, and takes that of a private citizen.
Página 630 - It must dwell in the place of its creation, and cannot migrate to another sovereignty.
Página 395 - Or where the majority of the shareholders themselves are oppressively and illegally pursuing a course in the name of the corporation, which is in violation of the rights of the other shareholders, and which can only be restrained by the aid of a court of equity.
Página 209 - If the public safety or the public morals require the discontinuance of any manufacture or traffic, the hand of the Legislature cannot be stayed from providing for its discontinuance, by any incidental inconvenience which individuals or corporations may suffer. All rights are held subject to the police power of the State.