The American and English Railroad Cases: A Collection of All the Railroad Cases in the Courts of Last Resort in America and EnglandLawrence Lewis, Adelbert Hamilton, John Houston Merrill, William Mark McKinney, James Manford Kerr, John Crawford Thomson Edward Thompson Company, 1882 Covers cases decided [1879?]-1895. |
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... appellants , insisted it was error to allow the issue of receiver's certificates to pay claims for labor , supplies , etc. , furnished the company within a period of six months before the appointment of a receiver , and also ...
... appellants , insisted it was error to allow the issue of receiver's certificates to pay claims for labor , supplies , etc. , furnished the company within a period of six months before the appointment of a receiver , and also ...
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... appellants are not in a position to raise that question . The bonds which they held they bought from Mr. Constable on the 10th of May , 1879. At that time all of these certificates had been issued and disposed of by the re- ceiver , and ...
... appellants are not in a position to raise that question . The bonds which they held they bought from Mr. Constable on the 10th of May , 1879. At that time all of these certificates had been issued and disposed of by the re- ceiver , and ...
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... appellants purchased these bonds on the 10th of May , 1789 , and the circumstances show that they knew that the bonds had be- come over due , and that they were advised of the condition of the litigation . The very language of the ...
... appellants purchased these bonds on the 10th of May , 1789 , and the circumstances show that they knew that the bonds had be- come over due , and that they were advised of the condition of the litigation . The very language of the ...
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... appellants to raise $ 149,431.51 , and to apply it in payment of the debts that were discharged by the court ? And in principle and law where is there a difference ? Appellants were in nowise liable for the debts , and these were ...
... appellants to raise $ 149,431.51 , and to apply it in payment of the debts that were discharged by the court ? And in principle and law where is there a difference ? Appellants were in nowise liable for the debts , and these were ...
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... appellants , should pay for the protec- tion of such interests . Appellants only owe a common duty to the public , and if , as good citizens , they discharge that duty , the public has no further claim on them . Then why take from them ...
... appellants , should pay for the protec- tion of such interests . Appellants only owe a common duty to the public , and if , as good citizens , they discharge that duty , the public has no further claim on them . Then why take from them ...
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Página 375 - ... but the person pledging such stock shall be considered as holding the same, and shall be liable as a stockholder accordingly, and the estates and funds in the hands of such executor, administrator, guardian or trustee, shall be liable in like manner, and to the same extent as the testator or intestate. or the ward or person interested in such trust fund would have been, if he had been living and competent to act, and held the same stock in his own name.
Página 343 - Every act shall embrace but one subject, and matters properly connected therewith; which subject shall be expressed in the title. But if any subject shall be embraced in an act, which shall not be expressed in the title, such act shall be void only as to so much thereof as shall not be expressed in the title.
Página 357 - Dues from corporations shall be secured by such individual liability of the corporators and other means as may be prescribed by law.
Página 280 - ... where one by his words or conduct wilfully causes another to* believe in the existence of a certain state of things, and induces him to act on that belief, so as to alter his own previous position, the former is concluded from averring against the latter a different state of things as existing at the same time.
Página 375 - ... of such company ; but the person pledging such stock shall be considered as holding the same, and shall be liable as a stockholder accordingly, and the...
Página 296 - From time to time to borrow such sums of money as may be necessary for completing and finishing or operating their railroad, and to issue and dispose of their bonds for any amount so borrowed, and to mortgage their corporate property and franchises to secure the payment of any debt contracted by the company for the purposes aforesaid...
Página 377 - Statutes 1879, which declares that " no person holding stock in any such company, as executor, administrator, guardian or trustee, and no person holding such stock as collateral security, shall be personally subject to any liability as stockholder of such company...
Página 280 - But the rule of law is clear, that, where one by his words or conduct wilfully causes another to believe the existence of a certain state of things, and induces him to act on that belief, so as to alter his own previous position, the former is concluded from averring against the latter a different state of things as existing at the same time."* In Freeman v.
Página 384 - ... whole of the capital stock is not before subscribed, open books of subscription to fill up the capital stock of the company, in such places and after giving such notice as they may deem expedient, and may continue to receive subscriptions until the whole capital stock is subscribed.
Página 593 - In determining what is proximate cause the true rule is that the injury must be the natural and probable consequence of the negligence : such a consequence as, under the surrounding circumstances of the case, might and ought to have been foreseen by the wrongdoer as likely to flow from his act.