A Treatise on the Law of Railroads, Τόμος 1Boston Book Company, 1885 - 1953 σελίδες |
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Σελίδα 17
... suit between a corporation and a stockholder or other individuals , the plea of nul tiel corporation is set up to defeat a liability which he may have contracted with the other , and the case of a suit against individuals who claimed ...
... suit between a corporation and a stockholder or other individuals , the plea of nul tiel corporation is set up to defeat a liability which he may have contracted with the other , and the case of a suit against individuals who claimed ...
Σελίδα 19
... suit brought by the de facto officers of a corporation cannot be defeated by showing that such officers were not legally elected . That fact constitutes no defence whatever to the action , especially in a case where there are no other ...
... suit brought by the de facto officers of a corporation cannot be defeated by showing that such officers were not legally elected . That fact constitutes no defence whatever to the action , especially in a case where there are no other ...
Σελίδα 23
... suit brought by the State to restrain 2 Com . v . France , 3 Brews . ( Penn . ) them from interfering with the grantees 148 . of the franchise . It can only be urged by the State , in a suit by the State to have the charter forfeited ...
... suit brought by the State to restrain 2 Com . v . France , 3 Brews . ( Penn . ) them from interfering with the grantees 148 . of the franchise . It can only be urged by the State , in a suit by the State to have the charter forfeited ...
Σελίδα 28
... suit may be upon a cause of action of which the State courts could not take ju- risdiction , because of an act of the legisla- ture restricting their jurisdiction , in suits against foreign corporations , to cases where the plaintiff is ...
... suit may be upon a cause of action of which the State courts could not take ju- risdiction , because of an act of the legisla- ture restricting their jurisdiction , in suits against foreign corporations , to cases where the plaintiff is ...
Σελίδα 29
... suit . In determining what such joint - stock companies are , re- gard is to be had to their essential attri- butes rather than to any mere name by which they may be known . If the essen- tial franchises of a corporation are con- ferred ...
... suit . In determining what such joint - stock companies are , re- gard is to be had to their essential attri- butes rather than to any mere name by which they may be known . If the essen- tial franchises of a corporation are con- ferred ...
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Σελίδα 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.
Σελίδα 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.
Σελίδα 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.
Σελίδα 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.
Σελίδα 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...
Σελίδα 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...
Σελίδα 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.
Σελίδα 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.
Σελίδα 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.
Σελίδα 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.