The American and English Railroad Cases: A Collection of All the Railroad Cases in the Courts of Last Resort in America and EnglandLawrence Lewis, Adelbert Hamilton, John Houston Merrill, William Mark McKinney, James Manford Kerr, John Crawford Thomson Edward Thompson Company, 1882 Covers cases decided [1879?]-1895. |
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... in it . Through its agents it had also entered into a contract of settlement with S. and L. , stipulating that the money it had lost should be paid to it from the proceeds of the sales of certain State bonds to be issued to the.
... in it . Through its agents it had also entered into a contract of settlement with S. and L. , stipulating that the money it had lost should be paid to it from the proceeds of the sales of certain State bonds to be issued to the.
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... agents of the companies . As we have endeavored to show , the bonds , although void as to the State , are valid as to the company that sold them . Having been put on the market by the companies as valid bonds , the companies are ...
... agents of the companies . As we have endeavored to show , the bonds , although void as to the State , are valid as to the company that sold them . Having been put on the market by the companies as valid bonds , the companies are ...
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... agents of the corporations , and if the public may not deal with them it is difficult to con- ceive with whom it may deal in transacting business with the corporations . It has been frequently held that the corporation is liable in case ...
... agents of the corporations , and if the public may not deal with them it is difficult to con- ceive with whom it may deal in transacting business with the corporations . It has been frequently held that the corporation is liable in case ...
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... agents ; that there were filed in the office of the Secretary of State what purported to be articles of consolidation between the Bloomington and Ohio River R. R. Co. and the Fair- bury , Pontiac and Northwestern R. R. Co. , under the ...
... agents ; that there were filed in the office of the Secretary of State what purported to be articles of consolidation between the Bloomington and Ohio River R. R. Co. and the Fair- bury , Pontiac and Northwestern R. R. Co. , under the ...
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... agents of the township to P. B. Shum- way , who at the time was secretary of the latter company . Shum- way , in the receipt executed for them , professes to act on behalf of the Bloomington and Ohio River R. R. Co. , as well as his own ...
... agents of the township to P. B. Shum- way , who at the time was secretary of the latter company . Shum- way , in the receipt executed for them , professes to act on behalf of the Bloomington and Ohio River R. R. Co. , as well as his own ...
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