 | New Jersey. Court of Chancery - 1880 - 942 σελίδες
...functions and powers, they become officers de facto, and as such may act for and bind the corporation. An officer de facto is one who has the reputation of being the officer he assumes to be, and yet is not a good officer in point of law. King v. Bedford Level, 6 East 369. From a very early... | |
 | Samuel Wells (barrister.) - 1830 - 862 σελίδες
...the orders of the board. be good and sufficient to effectuate their conveyances. An officer defncto is one who has the reputation of being the officer he assumes to be, and yet is not a good officer in point of law; 1 Ld. Raym. 000. In this case, Gotobed was never more... | |
 | Alabama. Supreme Court - 1845 - 1058 σελίδες
...; Johnson v. Wilson, et al, 2 N. Hamp. Rep. 202.] " An officer de facto," says Lord Ellenborough, " is one who has the reputation of being the officer he assumes to be, and yet is not a good officer in point of law." The acts of a steward de facto, he concludes, are good,... | |
 | Georgia. Supreme Court - 1883 - 846 σελίδες
...rights of the public and third persons having an interest in them are concerned. A de facto officer is one who has the reputation of being the officer he assumes to be, and yet is not a good officer in law. 20 Ga., 746; 336. Vacancies of bailiffs are filled by appointment... | |
 | Michigan. Supreme Court, Randolph Manning, George C. Gibbs, Thomas McIntyre Cooley, Elijah W. Meddaugh, William Jennison, Hovey K. Clarke, Hoyt Post, Henry Allen Chaney, William Dudley Fuller, John Adams Brooks, Marquis B. Eaton, Herschel Bouton Lazell, James M. Reasoner, Richard W. Cooper - 1892 - 742 σελίδες
...though having no right in fact." Cooley, Const. Lim. (6th ed.) p. 750. Lord Ellenborough's definition is: "One who has the reputation of being the officer he assumes to be, and yet is not a good officer in point of law." King v. Bedford Level, 6 East, 356. It cannot be said... | |
 | Michigan. Supreme Court, Randolph Manning, George C. Gibbs, Thomas McIntyre Cooley, Elijah W. Meddaugh, William Jennison, Hovey K. Clarke, Hoyt Post, Henry Allen Chaney, William Dudley Fuller, John Adams Brooks, Marquis B. Eaton, Herschel Bouton Lazell, James M. Reasoner, Richard W. Cooper - 1892 - 830 σελίδες
...functions of office in ordering an election. An officer de facto was defined by Lord Ellenborough to be — "One who has the reputation of being the officer he assumes to be, and yet is not a good officer in point of law." • The very action of the council in the present case... | |
 | Georgia. Supreme Court - 1857 - 972 σελίδες
...snch, can be collaterally impeached in a proceeding to which he is not a party. [4.] An officer dc facto is one who has the reputation of being the officer he assumes to be, and yet is not a good officer in point of law ; one who acts by color of an appointment, but is not... | |
 | United States. Congress. House - 1858 - 820 σελίδες
...case of The King vs. The Corporation of Bedford Level, (6 East., 356, citing Ld. Ray in. 660,) that an officer de facto is one who has the reputation of being the officer he assumes to be, and yet is not a good officer in point of law. It is a general rule in relation to public officers,... | |
 | United States. Congress. House - 1858 - 820 σελίδες
...the case of The King vs. The Corporation of Bedford Level, (6 East., 356, citing Ld. Raym. 660,) that an officer de facto is one who has the reputation of being the officer he assumes to be, and yet is not a good officer in point of law. It is a general rule in relation to public officers,... | |
 | Alabama. Supreme Court, John Wesley Shepherd - 1864 - 806 σελίδες
...or election to that office; though Lord Elleuborough, in the leading case on the subject, says, that an officer de facto "is one who has the reputation of being the officer he assumes to be, and yet is not a good officer in point of law." — The King v. The Corporation of Bedford Level, 6... | |
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An officer de facto is one who has the reputation of being the officer he assumes to be, and yet is not a good officer in point of law. 
