 We take the general doctrine to be in this country, though there may be exceptional cases and some authorities to the contrary, that the powers of corporations organized under legislative statutes are such and such only as those statutes confer. Conceding...  The American and English Encyclopedia of Law - Page 209edited by - 1888Full view - About this book
 | New Jersey. Court of Chancery - Law reports, digests, etc - 1894 - 722 pages
...implication. RABE «. DFNLAP 40 2. In the construction of such grants the rule, however, is to hold that what is fairly implied is as much granted as what is clearly expressed. Id 40 &<; WILLS, 2, 8. PBAOTIOB— 1. The dismissal of a bill is no bar to a subsequent... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1881 - 628 pages
...organized under legislative statutes are such and such only as those statutes confer. Conceding the rule applicable to all statutes, that what is fairly...these powers implies the exclusion of all others. This class of subjects has received much consideration of late years in the English courts, and counsel... | |
 | American Bar Association - Bar associations - 1884 - 346 pages
...organized under legislative statutes are such, and such only, as these statutes confer, conceding the rule applicable to all statutes, that what is fairly...these powers implies the exclusion of all others." And it follows, as a logical and necessary conclusion from this doctrine, that no vote or act of a... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1925 - 1124 pages
...organized under legislative statutes are such and such only as those statutes confer. Conceding the rule applicable to all statutes, that what is fairly...these powers implies the exclusion of all others." Thomas v. Railroad, 101 US 71, 80, 82, 25 L. Ed. 950; Clark on Corporations, p. 67; 2 Fletcher on Corporations,... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1885 - 1902 pages
...ultra vires and void. In delivering the opinion of the court Mr. Justice MILLER says : "Conceding the rule applicable to all statutes, that what is fairly...these powers implies the exclusion of all others." This rule is of universal application, and applies to a corporation formed under the law of Oregon... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1880 - 1956 pages
...organized under legislative statutes are such and such only as those statutes confer. "Conceding the rule applicable to all statutes, that what is fairly...measure of its powers, and that the enumeration of those powers implies the exclusion of all others. ******* "There is another principle of equal importance,... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1882 - 1904 pages
...STEEL Co. and others. (Circuit Court, WD Penntylvania. December 27, 1881.) 1. CORPORATIONS — POWERS. The charter of a corporation is the measure of its powers, and the enumeration of these powers implies the exclusion of all others. 2. SAME— PARTICULAR CHARTER... | |
 | George Washington Field - Ultra vires - 1881 - 620 pages
...organized under legislative statutes are such, and such only, as those statutes confer. Conceding the rule applicable to all statutes, that what is fairly...these powers implies the exclusion of all others. This class of subjects has received much consideration of late years in the English courts, and counsel... | |
 | Law - 1881 - 982 pages
...of corporations organized under legislative charters are only such as the statutes confer. Conceding that what is fairly implied is as much granted as...these powers implies the exclusion of all others. A lease by a railroad company of all its road, rolling-stock, and franchises for which there is no... | |
 | Law - 1881 - 1014 pages
...— Possession organized under legislative charters are only such as the statutes confer. Conceding that what is fairly implied is as much granted as...these powers implies the exclusion of all others. A lease by a railroad company or all its road, rolling-stock, and franchises for which there is no... | |
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