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Página 83
... election held by the corporation , has been held to amount to a waiver of any condition to a subscription to its stock , and to render it absolute ; and such also is the effect of any acts of co - operation by the subscribers with the ...
... election held by the corporation , has been held to amount to a waiver of any condition to a subscription to its stock , and to render it absolute ; and such also is the effect of any acts of co - operation by the subscribers with the ...
Página 89
... election of directors , in right of his sub- scription ; and in an action by the com- pany against such stockholder for the sum subscribed , that it was error to instruct the jury that the defendant was relieved by the change if he did ...
... election of directors , in right of his sub- scription ; and in an action by the com- pany against such stockholder for the sum subscribed , that it was error to instruct the jury that the defendant was relieved by the change if he did ...
Página 93
... election . No one has an undue advantage over the others , and the rights of all are carefully guarded . The object of the amendment was not to obstruct , hinder , or change , but to facilitate , the enterprise in which all were engaged ...
... election . No one has an undue advantage over the others , and the rights of all are carefully guarded . The object of the amendment was not to obstruct , hinder , or change , but to facilitate , the enterprise in which all were engaged ...
Página 100
Horace Gay Wood. leasing of the road to another corporation , 1 authorizing the election of additional directors , and making different provisions as to the right of stockholders to vote upon their stock 2 or a change in the location and ...
Horace Gay Wood. leasing of the road to another corporation , 1 authorizing the election of additional directors , and making different provisions as to the right of stockholders to vote upon their stock 2 or a change in the location and ...
Página 109
... election of directors was given ; 8 or that , after the subscription , a by - law was adopted that required the subscriber to pay for his stock before he could vote on corporation matters , 9 — affords no ground for a defence at law ...
... election of directors was given ; 8 or that , after the subscription , a by - law was adopted that required the subscriber to pay for his stock before he could vote on corporation matters , 9 — affords no ground for a defence at law ...
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Página 578 - Whatever subjects of this power are in their nature national, or admit only of one uniform system, or plan of regulation, may justly be said to be of such a nature as to require exclusive legislation by Congress.
Página 6 - Among the most important are immortality, and if the expression may be allowed, individuality; properties by which a perpetual succession of many persons are considered as the same, and may act as a single individual.
Página 581 - A telegraph company occupies the same relation to commerce as a carrier of messages, that a railroad company does as a carrier of goods.
Página 583 - Congress the regulation of commerce, it was never intended to cut the States off from legislating on all subjects relating to the health, life, and safety of their citizens, though the legislation might indirectly affect the commerce of the country. Legislation, in a great variety of ways, may affect commerce and persons engaged in it without constituting a regulation of it within the meaning of the Constitution.
Página 344 - Now, natural persons through the intervention of agents, are continually making contracts in countries in which they do not reside ; and where they are not personally present when the contract is made ; and nobody has ever doubted the validity of these agreements. And what greater objection can there be to the capacity of an artificial person, by its agents, to make a contract within the scope of its limited powers, in a sovereignty in which it does not reside ; provided such contracts are permitted...
Página 485 - That principle is that where a corporation, like a railroad company, has granted to it by charter a franchise intended in a large measure to be exercised for the public good, the due performance of those functions being the consideration of the public grant, any contract which disables the corporation from performing those functions — which undertakes, without the consent of the state, to transfer...
Página 304 - It is publicly pledged to those who deal with the corporation, for their security. Unpaid stock is as much a part of this pledge, and as much a part of the assets of the company, as the cash which has been paid in upon it.
Página 385 - ... when the question is one of a common or general interest of many persons, or when the parties are very numerous, and it may be impracticable to bring them all before the court, one or more may sue or defend for the benefit of the whole.
Página 511 - The doctrine of ultra vires, when invoked for or against a corporation, should not be allowed to prevail where it would defeat the ends of justice or work a legal wrong.
Página 583 - Until congress acts in reference to the relations of this company to interstate commerce, it is certainly within the power of Wisconsin to regulate its fares, etc., so far as they are of domestic concern.