Reports of Cases Decided in the Circuit and District Courts of the United States for the Ninth Circuit, Volume 3A.L. Bancroft, 1877 - District courts |
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... corporation formed under the laws of Oregon , with a capital stock of $ 100,000 divided into 400 shares of $ 250 each , and the defendant , McKenzie , is the sheriff of Jackson county , Oregon . That the O. C. M. R. Co. is the owner in ...
... corporation formed under the laws of Oregon , with a capital stock of $ 100,000 divided into 400 shares of $ 250 each , and the defendant , McKenzie , is the sheriff of Jackson county , Oregon . That the O. C. M. R. Co. is the owner in ...
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... CORPORATION . - A corporation cannot make a deed unless the directors , or a majority of them , meet together as a board , and so determine ; and the only evidence of such meeting and action is the " record " required to be kept by the ...
... CORPORATION . - A corporation cannot make a deed unless the directors , or a majority of them , meet together as a board , and so determine ; and the only evidence of such meeting and action is the " record " required to be kept by the ...
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... corporation upon certain lots in the town of St. Helen . To this proof of debt with security , the assignee made ob- jection : 1. That said pretended mortgage was not executed or acknowledged by the bankrupt . 2. That said pretended ...
... corporation upon certain lots in the town of St. Helen . To this proof of debt with security , the assignee made ob- jection : 1. That said pretended mortgage was not executed or acknowledged by the bankrupt . 2. That said pretended ...
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... corporation ? for if it is not its deed , it is not a mortgage , and is therefore no security for the debt in question . It was an established principle of the common law , that corporations aggregate could only act under their common ...
... corporation ? for if it is not its deed , it is not a mortgage , and is therefore no security for the debt in question . It was an established principle of the common law , that corporations aggregate could only act under their common ...
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... corporation act provides corporation not only did not but it never agreed to do so . that " the powers vested in the corporation are exercised by the directors . " ( Or . Code , 661. ) But to act , they or a majority of them must meet ...
... corporation act provides corporation not only did not but it never agreed to do so . that " the powers vested in the corporation are exercised by the directors . " ( Or . Code , 661. ) But to act , they or a majority of them must meet ...
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Page 639 - Whenever, by priority of possession, rights to the use of water for mining, agricultural, manufacturing, or other purposes, have vested and accrued, and the same are recognized and acknowledged by the local customs, laws, and the decisions of courts, the possessors and owners of such vested rights shall be maintained and protected in the same...
Page 218 - It is very true that a corporation can have no legal existence out of the boundaries of the sovereignty by which it is created. It exists only in contemplation of law, and by force of the law ; and where that law ceases to operate, and is no longer obligatory, the corporation can have no existence. It must dwell in the place of its creation, and cannot migrate to another sovereignty.
Page 638 - States and those who have declared their intention to become such, under regulations prescribed by law, and according to the local customs or rules of miners in the several mining districts, so far as the same are applicable and not inconsistent with the laws of the United States.
Page 261 - State, and at the expense of the United States, be arrested and imprisoned, or bailed, as the case may be, for trial before such court of the United States as by law has cognizance of the offense.
Page 219 - Having no absolute right of recognition in other states, but depending for such recognition and the enforcement of its contracts upon their assent, it follows, as a matter of course, that such assent may be granted upon such terms and conditions as those states may think proper to impose.
Page 155 - Chinese subjects visiting or residing in the United States shall enjoy the same privileges, immunities and exemptions in respect to travel or residence as may there be enjoyed by the citizens or subjects of the most favored nation.
Page 618 - ... so appropriated to the separate estate of each partner shall be applied to the payment of his separate debts ; and the certificate of discharge shall be granted or refused to each partner as the same would or ought to be if the proceedings had been against him alone under this act; and in all other respects the proceedings against partners shall be conducted in the like manner as if they had been commenced and prosecuted against one person alone.
Page 259 - ISfiO, and which are hereby made part and parcel of this policy as fully as if herein recited, and upon the faith of which this agreement is made, shall be found in any respect untrue, then and in such case this policy shall be null and void.
Page 157 - ... and, generally, the merchants and traders of each nation, respectively, shall enjoy the most complete protection and security for their commerce; subject always to the laws and statutes of the two countries respectively.
Page 261 - ... each of the said district courts shall have and exercise the same jurisdiction, in all cases arising under the constitution and laws of the United States...