 | United States. Supreme Court - 1819 - 816 páginas
...Co. 22. b. 23. OF THE UNITED STATES. 669 tions are such only as are founded by the govern- isi9. ment for public purposes, where the whole interests ^"""^...belong also to the government. If, therefore, the College foundation be private, though under the charter of Woodward. the government, the corporation... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - 1824 - 952 páginas
...in many respects they are so, although they involve some private interests ; but, strictly speaking, public corporations are such only as are founded by...the government for public purposes, where the whole interest belongs also to the government. If, therefore, the foundation be private, though under the... | |
 | James Kent - 1827 - 544 páginas
...public purposes, and the whole interest in them belongs to the public. But if the foundation be private, the corporation is private, however extensive the uses may be to which it is devoted by the founder, or by the nature of the institution. A bank, created by the government, for its own... | |
 | United States. Circuit Court (1st Circuit), Charles Sumner - 1836 - 634 páginas
...in many respects they are so, although they involve some private interests. But, strictly speaking, public corporations are such only, as are founded...therefore, the foundation be private, though under a charter of the government, the corporation is private, however extensive the uses may be, to which... | |
 | James Madison Porter - 1837 - 72 páginas
...so, although they involve some private interests; but strictly speaking, public corporations are such as are founded by the government for public purposes,...private, though under the charter of the government, tho corporation is private, however extensive the uses may be, to which it is devoted, either by the... | |
 | Indiana. General Assembly. Senate - 1837 - 868 páginas
...in many respects they are so, although they involve some private interests; bul strictly speaking, public corporations are such only as are founded by the government for public purposes, where the wholelnterests belong also to the government. (Dartmouth College vs. Woodworth, Wheaton, GG9 — Introduction... | |
 | Pennsylvania. Constitutional Convention - 1838 - 696 páginas
...although they involve some private interests ; but strictly speaking, public corporations are such as are founded by the government for public purposes,...extensive the uses may be, to which it is devoted, either bv the bounty of its founder or the nature and objects of the institution. For instance, a bank created... | |
 | Arkansas. Supreme Court - 1841 - 662 páginas
...guarantied or affected by the charter. ID Allen vs. McKeen, 1 Sumn. 297, Mr. Justice STORY said, " public corporations are such only as are founded by...public purposes, where the whole interests belong to the Government," reiterating the language of the Supreme Court in the case of Dartmouth College... | |
 | New York (State). Attorney General's Office - 1845 - 20 páginas
...College vs. Woodward, 4 Wheaton, 468, 494, is conclusive on this point. " Strictly speaking" he says, "public corporations are such only as are founded...purposes ; where the whole interests belong also to the government—such as towns, cities, counties ; but a bank, whose stock is owned by private persons,... | |
 | South Carolina. Court of Appeals, J. S. G. Richardson - 1847 - 524 páginas
...purposes, and the whole interest in them belongs to the public. But, if t lie foundation be private, the corporation is private, however extensive the uses may be to which it is devoted by the founder, or the nature of the institution. A bank, created by the government for its own uses,... | |
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Puhlic corporations," (says the opinion,) "are generally esteemed such as exist for public political purposes only, such as towns, cities, parishes, and counties; and in many respects they are so, although they involve some private interests. 
