 Public corporations are to be governed according to the laws of the land, and the government has the sole right, as trustee of the public interest, to inspect, regulate, control, and direct the corporation, its funds and franchises.  Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Court of Appeals of Maryland - Página 401de Maryland. Court of Appeals, Richard W. Gill, John Johnson, Richard Wordsworth Gill - 1840Visualização completa - Sobre este livro
 | James Kent - 1827 - 544 páginas
...the corporation be public, in the strict sense, the government hare the sole right, as the trustees of the public interest, to inspect, regulate, control, and direct the corporation, and its funds and franchises, because the whole interest and franchises arc given for the public use... | |
 | Maryland. Court of Appeals, Richard W. Gill, John Johnson, Richard Wordsworth Gill - 1845 - 560 páginas
...purchased." In 9 Gill Sf John. Rep., 401, this court express themselves to the same effect, where they say : "Public corporations are to be governed according...franchises. That is of the essence of a public corporation." Again, in page 397 of the same book, it is said: "A public corporation is one that is created for political... | |
 | James Kent - 1858 - 966 páginas
...celebrated judgment in the case of Philips v. Bury. (/) If the corporation be public, in the strict sense, the government 'has the sole right, as trustee of the public interest, to *301 inspect, regulate, control, and direct the corporation, and its funds and franchises, because... | |
 | Calvin Townsend - 1871 - 620 páginas
...itself, through the medium of the courts of justice. If the corporation is public, in the strict sense, the government has the sole right, as trustee of the...inspect, regulate, control, and direct the corporation, and its funds and franchises, 1 Ang. & Ames on Corp., 2d edit. 250 ; 3 Starkie B. 50 ; 1 Adolph. &... | |
 | Louisiana. Supreme Court - 1872 - 740 páginas
...has full control. "If the corporation be public in the strict sense," says Mr. Kent (vol. 2, 301), "the government has the sole right as trustee of the...inspect, regulate, control and direct the corporation and its funds and franchises, because the whole interest and franchises are given for the public use... | |
 | 1874 - 844 páginas
...respect to their duration, powers, rights and property. It is of the essence of such a corporation that the government has the sole right as trustee of the public interest, at its own good will and pleasure, to inspect, regulate, control, and direct the corporation, its funds... | |
 | 1895 - 1132 páginas
...public duties, as in cases of cities, towns," etc. And, again, in the same case (fol. 401), it says: "Public corporations are to be governed according...direct the corporation, its funds and franchises." While It Is not claimed that the legislature has absolute and unlimited control over the appellant,... | |
 | 1886 - 848 páginas
...Oavrs. of St. John's College v. Comptroller and Treasurer, 23 Id. 640; that as to public corporations, the government has the sole right, as trustee of the public interest, at its own good will and pleasure to inspect, regulate, control, and direct the corporation, its funds... | |
 | James Kent - 1901 - 1112 páginas
...v. Bury, (g) If the corporation be public, in the strict sense, the government * has the sole * 301 right, as trustee of the public interest, to inspect, regulate, control, and direct the corporation, and its funds and franchises, because the whole interest and franchises are given for the public use... | |
 | Abraham Clark Freeman - 1906 - 1144 páginas
...public good: Regents' Case, 9 Gill ft J. 3&V 397, 401, 31 Am. Dec. 72; and in the same case it is said, "Public corporations are to be governed according...That is of the essence of a public corporation"': Pumphrey v. Mayor etc. of Baltimore, 47 Md. 145, 28 Am. Bop. 44fi. In Burckholter v. McConnellsville,... | |
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