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... statute to that effect , besides being obnoxious to the constitutional provision adverted to , would doubt- less be regarded as void , as being in derogation of the sovereignty of the State , and opposed to sound public policy ; and the ...
... statute to that effect , besides being obnoxious to the constitutional provision adverted to , would doubt- less be regarded as void , as being in derogation of the sovereignty of the State , and opposed to sound public policy ; and the ...
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... statute re- quired . It was held that the directors were individually liable . In an Illinois case , the defendants were held liable as partners for goods sold to an assumed corporation , of which they were members . The defect in the ...
... statute re- quired . It was held that the directors were individually liable . In an Illinois case , the defendants were held liable as partners for goods sold to an assumed corporation , of which they were members . The defect in the ...
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... statute required twenty - five , and filed the same pursuant to the statute , and exercised the powers and franchises which would have belonged to them if duly incorporated , they become de facto a corpo- ration , and a defendant in an ...
... statute required twenty - five , and filed the same pursuant to the statute , and exercised the powers and franchises which would have belonged to them if duly incorporated , they become de facto a corpo- ration , and a defendant in an ...
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... statute , and sufficient , 7 and the conditions precedent provided in the statute have been com- plied with . But , until such conditions have been complied with , the 1 McConahy v . Turnpike Co. , ante . 2 Walker v . Devereaux , 4 ...
... statute , and sufficient , 7 and the conditions precedent provided in the statute have been com- plied with . But , until such conditions have been complied with , the 1 McConahy v . Turnpike Co. , ante . 2 Walker v . Devereaux , 4 ...
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... statute expressly declares that the corporation shall exist when certain things have been done , the corporation is set on foot upon the completion of such requisites , although the statute in other respects has not been com- plied with ...
... statute expressly declares that the corporation shall exist when certain things have been done , the corporation is set on foot upon the completion of such requisites , although the statute in other respects has not been com- plied with ...
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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.