Cases Argued and Determined in the Circuit and District Courts of the United States, for the Seventh Judicial Circuit, Volume 5Callaghan, 1876 |
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... corporation of this state , in assumpsit . The summons was personally served . He ap- peared by attorney and moved the court to quash the writ . The affidavit of defendant contains the grounds for the mo- tion , on which it was ...
... corporation of this state , in assumpsit . The summons was personally served . He ap- peared by attorney and moved the court to quash the writ . The affidavit of defendant contains the grounds for the mo- tion , on which it was ...
Page 181
... corporation . 3. CASHIER -- AGENCY . - A cashier who has made sale of corporate property , and holds a balance in his hands , must be deemed the agent of the board of directors , and not of the respective stockholders , and cannot be ...
... corporation . 3. CASHIER -- AGENCY . - A cashier who has made sale of corporate property , and holds a balance in his hands , must be deemed the agent of the board of directors , and not of the respective stockholders , and cannot be ...
Page 182
... corporation . A mere re- quest to an officer of a corporation to make such a transfer , does not operate as a transfer ; and , of course , until this as- signment is made on the books of the corporation , the legal right to the stock ...
... corporation . A mere re- quest to an officer of a corporation to make such a transfer , does not operate as a transfer ; and , of course , until this as- signment is made on the books of the corporation , the legal right to the stock ...
Page 183
... corporation ; and if he holds the proceeds , he holds them as the agent of the bank , not as the agent of the respective stockholders ; in other words , he holds these proceeds as one of the officers of the bank , and this suit should ...
... corporation ; and if he holds the proceeds , he holds them as the agent of the bank , not as the agent of the respective stockholders ; in other words , he holds these proceeds as one of the officers of the bank , and this suit should ...
Page 204
... corporation may be invested with a ferry franchise for the purpose of public convenience , by the state authorities , but when they use , for the purpose of exercising that franchise , a boat which comes within the definition and ...
... corporation may be invested with a ferry franchise for the purpose of public convenience , by the state authorities , but when they use , for the purpose of exercising that franchise , a boat which comes within the definition and ...
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Page 46 - L. 78) declares, that the Circuit Courts of the United States shall have original cognizance, concurrent with the courts of the several States, of all suits of a civil nature at common law or in equity...
Page 75 - In all cases where the rules prescribed by this Court, or by the Circuit Court, do not apply, the practice of the Circuit Court shall be regulated by the present practice of the High Court of Chancery in England, so far as the same may reasonably be applied consistently with the local circumstances and local convenience of the district where the 'Court is held, not as positive rules, but as furnishing just analogies to regulate the practice.
Page 400 - When the action is between herself and her husband, she may sue or be sued alone; 3.
Page 502 - ... its shareholders or creditors; and all payments of money to either, made after the commission of an act of insolvency, or in contemplation thereof, made with a view to prevent the application of its assets in the manner prescribed by this chapter, or with a view to the preference of one creditor to another, except in payment of its circulating notes, shall be utterly null and void...
Page 37 - ... shall be exempt from forced sale on execution, or any other final process from a court, for any debt contracted after the adoption of this constitution.
Page 381 - It is true that a statute, containing a prohibition and a penalty, makes the act which it punishes unlawful, and the same may be implied from a penalty without a prohibition ; but it does not follow that the unlawfulness of the act was meant by the legislature to avoid a contract made in contravention of it. When the statute is silent, and contains nothing from which the contrary can be properly inferred, a contract in contravention of it is void.
Page 324 - That no debt created by the fraud or embezzlement of the bankrupt, or by his defalcation as a public officer, or while acting in any fiduciary character, shall be discharged under this act...
Page 502 - suits, actions, and proceedings by and against any association under this act may be had in any circuit, district, or territorial court of the United States held within the district in which such association may be established.
Page 501 - ... to take any captured vessel, any arms or munitions of war or other material...
Page 448 - ... exclusive original cognizance of all civil causes of admiralty and maritime jurisdiction, including all seizures under laws of impost, navigation or trade of the United States, where the seizures are made, on waters which are navigable from the sea by vessels of ten or more tons burthen, within their respective districts as well as upon the high seas...