A Treatise on the Law of Consolidation of Railroad Companies: Being an Argument in the Case of Julius Wadsworth of New York, Et Al., Versus Chicago & Northwestern Railway Company, William B. Ogden, Et Al. in the United States Circuit Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Hon. David Davis of the U.S. Supreme Court, PresidingBeach and Barnard, 1865 - 288 páginas |
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... directors . Page 260-273 . XXIX . The consolidation of the G. & C. U. R. R. Co. with the C. & N. W. R. Co. , a NUDUM PACTUM , according to the defendant's own showing . Page 273-277 . TABLE OF CASES . STATEMENT . FIRST . This is XII.
... directors . Page 260-273 . XXIX . The consolidation of the G. & C. U. R. R. Co. with the C. & N. W. R. Co. , a NUDUM PACTUM , according to the defendant's own showing . Page 273-277 . TABLE OF CASES . STATEMENT . FIRST . This is XII.
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... defendant , praying for an injunc- tion and for damages , because he , the defendant , had thrown open his premises on each side of the plank road , near the toll - gate , so that persons could pass around it if they saw fit . The court ...
... defendant , praying for an injunc- tion and for damages , because he , the defendant , had thrown open his premises on each side of the plank road , near the toll - gate , so that persons could pass around it if they saw fit . The court ...
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... defendants here are using our own money , which belongs to us as share - holders , to carry on the litigation against us , and we might perhaps hesitate if the same appreciative judge did not imme- diately add , but ) " if these ...
... defendants here are using our own money , which belongs to us as share - holders , to carry on the litigation against us , and we might perhaps hesitate if the same appreciative judge did not imme- diately add , but ) " if these ...
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... Connellsville R. R. Co. , 24 Penn . State Rep . , 159 . Bill of equity in the Supreme Court and motion for a prelim- inary injunction . The bill charged that the defendants were par- tially filling up one of the locks at the outlet 32.
... Connellsville R. R. Co. , 24 Penn . State Rep . , 159 . Bill of equity in the Supreme Court and motion for a prelim- inary injunction . The bill charged that the defendants were par- tially filling up one of the locks at the outlet 32.
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... defendants admitted that they were doing so in the construc- tion of their road , and urged as an excuse that that portion of the canal had never been of any valuable use to the state , and that for many years it had lain in a condition ...
... defendants admitted that they were doing so in the construc- tion of their road , and urged as an excuse that that portion of the canal had never been of any valuable use to the state , and that for many years it had lain in a condition ...
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Página 190 - Such agents have duties to discharge of a fiduciary nature towards their principal and it is a rule of universal application, that no one, having such duties to discharge, shall be allowed to enter into engagements in which he has, or can have, a personal interest conflicting, or which possibly may conflict, with the interests of those whom he is bound to protect.
Página 273 - Of law there can be no less acknowledged, than that her seat is the bosom of God, her voice the harmony of the world ; all things in heaven and earth do her homage, the very least as feeling her care, and the greatest as not exempted from her power...
Página 26 - ... cases, is a bargain between a company of adventurers and the public, the terms of which are expressed in the statute; and the rule of construction, in all such cases, is now fully established to be this : that any ambiguity in the terms of the contract must operate against the adventurers, and in favor of the public, and the plaintiffs can claim nothing that is not clearly given them by the act.
Página 203 - and by that name shall have succession for the term of years above specified; may sue and be sued, complain and defend, in any court of law or equity, may make and use a common seal...
Página 221 - ... knowledge of the want of authority to make the contract. Hence, if the question of power depends not merely upon the law under which the corporation acts, but upon the existence of certain extrinsic facts, resting peculiarly within the knowledge of the corporate officers, then the corporation would be estopped from denying that which, by assuming to make the contract, it had virtually affirmed.
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Página 190 - A corporate body can only act by agents, and it is of course the duty of those agents so to act as best to promote the interests of the corporation whose affairs they are conducting.
Página 138 - ... legislature of Pennsylvania, or their constituents, of a compliance with the conditions of the charter, avail the plaintiff. It is certainly true that the law will strip a corporation or individual of every disguise, and enforce a responsibility according to the very right, in despite of their artifices.
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