A Treatise on the Incorporation and Organization of Corporations: Created Under the "Busines Corporation Acts" of the Several States and Territories of the United States, Including Therein a Synopsis-digest of the General Incorporation Acts of the Several Commonwealths, with Decisions Bearing Thereon; Also, Forms for Drawing Charters Under the Laws of the Several States and Territories; Amendments to Charters and Dissolution of Corporations; General and Specific Object Clauses for Insertion in Charters, By-laws, Minutes, Etc., Etc

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Little, Brown,, 1908 - 908 pages
 

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Page 63 - the rule of law is clear, that, 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.
Page 39 - 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 existVOL.
Page 306 - Act to be listed, make out and deliver to the assessor a sworn statement of the amount of its capital stock setting forth particularly : "First: The name and location of the company or association.
Page 620 - Directors from time to time shall determine whether and to what extent, and at what times and places, and under what conditions and regulations, the accounts and books of the corporation, or any of them, shall be open to the inspection of the Stockholders, and no Stockholder shall have any right to inspect any account or book or document of the corporation, except as conferred by Statute or authorized by the Board of Directors, or by a resolution of the Stockholders.
Page 632 - Parks, to me known to be the identical person who executed the within and foregoing instrument, and acknowledged to me that he executed the same as his free and voluntary act and deed for the uses and purposes therein set forth.
Page 535 - ... in the office of the secretary of state and in the office of the county clerk...
Page 421 - To divide, withdraw, or in any manner pay to the stockholders, or any of them, any part of the capital stock of the corporation ; or to reduce such capital stock without the consent of the legislature ; or 3.
Page 442 - Such notice must state the time and place of the meeting, and its object, and the amount to which it is proposed to increase the capital stock.
Page 832 - In the event of any liquidation or dissolution or winding up (whether voluntary or involuntary) of the corporation, the holders of the preferred stock shall be entitled to be paid in full both the par amount of their shares and the unpaid dividends accrued thereon before any amount shall be paid to the holders of the common stock...
Page 407 - The certificate of incorporation may also contain any provision which the incorporators may choose to insert for the regulation of the business and for the conduct of the affairs of the corporation, and any provisions creating, defining, limiting and regulating the powers of the corporation, the directors and the stockholders, or any class of the stockholders; provided, such provisions are not contrary to the laws of this State.

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