The American State Reports: Containing the Cases of General Value and Authority Subsequent to Those Contained in the "American Decisions" [1760-1869] and the "American Reports" [1869-1887] Decided in the Courts of Last Resort of the Several States [1886-1911], Band 97Abraham Clark Freeman Bancroft-Whitney Company, 1904 |
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... agent of his should be given two of the places . This might well have produced or resulted in a deadlock and the paralysis of the cor- porate business ; and there is indeed room for suspicion that the motive of this proposal was to thus ...
... agent of his should be given two of the places . This might well have produced or resulted in a deadlock and the paralysis of the cor- porate business ; and there is indeed room for suspicion that the motive of this proposal was to thus ...
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... agent or servant to account , or dis- charge them from any liability . Should all the stockholders join in a power of attorney to anyone , he could not take possession of any real or personal estate , any security or chose in action ...
... agent or servant to account , or dis- charge them from any liability . Should all the stockholders join in a power of attorney to anyone , he could not take possession of any real or personal estate , any security or chose in action ...
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... agent consented to the taking of the property by defendant . We do not con- strue the testimony as showing such an assent on the part of the agent . But even if it is susceptible of such an inference , he was under the testimony ...
... agent consented to the taking of the property by defendant . We do not con- strue the testimony as showing such an assent on the part of the agent . But even if it is susceptible of such an inference , he was under the testimony ...
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... agent , injuries to persons and property from the conduction along the wires and into the houses of currents of atmospheric electricity may be avoided , it is the duty of companies engaged in this business to employ devices and ...
... agent , injuries to persons and property from the conduction along the wires and into the houses of currents of atmospheric electricity may be avoided , it is the duty of companies engaged in this business to employ devices and ...
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... agent , is not entitled to notice of their arrival . ( p . 82. ) CARRIER - When Becomes a Warehouseman . - When a cart shipped by railroad is destroyed by fire in the freight depot four days after reaching its destination , due notice ...
... agent , is not entitled to notice of their arrival . ( p . 82. ) CARRIER - When Becomes a Warehouseman . - When a cart shipped by railroad is destroyed by fire in the freight depot four days after reaching its destination , due notice ...
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Seite 550 - ... provided by law in relation to the distribution of personal property left by persons dying intestate...
Seite 549 - Be it therefore enacted, that whensoever the death of a person shall be caused by wrongful act, neglect or default, and the act, neglect or default is such as would (if death had not ensued) have entitled the party injured to maintain an action and recover damages in respect thereof...
Seite 340 - Municipal corporations owe their origin to, and derive their powers and rights wholly from, the Legislature. It breathes into them the breath of life, without which they cannot exist. As it creates, so it may destroy. If It may destroy, it
Seite 38 - ... was a shareholder at the time of the transaction of which he complains or that his...
Seite 816 - The objection, that a contract is immoral or illegal as between plaintiff and defendant, sounds at all times very ill in the mouth of the defendant.
Seite 483 - Every contract for the leasing for a longer period than one year, or for the sale of any lands or any interest in lands, shall be void, unless the contract, or some note or memorandum thereof, expressing the consideration, be In writing, and be subscribed by the party by whom the lease or sale is to be made.
Seite 476 - And it is agreed that if any rent shall be due and unpaid, or if default shall be made in any of the covenants herein contained, then it shall be lawful for the said party of the first part to re-enter the said premises, and to remove all persons therefrom.
Seite 31 - But in addition to the existence of grievances which call for this kind of relief, it is equally important that before the shareholder is permitted in his own name to institute and conduct a litigation which usually belongs to the corporation, he should show to the satisfaction of the court that he has exhausted all the means within his reach to obtain, within the corporation itself, the redress of his grievances, or action in conformity to his wishes.
Seite 850 - ... no man shall be deprived of his liberty or property, but by the judgment of his peers, or the law of the land...
Seite 344 - It also limited the hours of labor in smelting and other institutions for the reduction or refining of ores or metals to eight hours per day, except in like cases of emergency.