 ... one contracting with a corporation, to take notice of the legal limits of its powers ; the interest of the stockholders, not to be subjected to risks which they have never undertaken ; and, above all, the interest of the public, that the corporation...  Reports of Cases Determined in the Appellate Courts of Illinois - Page 291by Illinois. Appellate Court, Martin L. Newell, Mason Harder Newell, Walter Clyde Jones, Keene Harwood Addington, James Christopher Cahill, Basil Jones, James Max Henderson, Ray Smith - 1900Full view - About this book
 | Illinois. Supreme Court - 1915 - 734 pages
...maintained upon them in the courts, โ and this upon three distinct grounds: the obligation of everyone contracting with a corporation to take notice of the...stockholders not to be subjected to risks which they have never undertaken; and above all, the interest of the public that the corporation shall not transcend... | |
 | 1894 - 2096 pages
...maintained upon them in the courts, and this upon three distinct grounds: The obligation of every on- M ]N H b h7eg YPz ` {Y QV : ,0 " b OI L"} t C8^ 8 ? [ ๎ I]fI z ` never undertaken: and, above all, the interest of the public that the corporation shall not transcend... | |
 | 1897 - 1036 pages
...this court'has often recognized and af-ยป firmed, upon three distinct grounds: The obligation of any one contracting with a corporation to take notice...powers; the Interest of the stockholders, not to be subject to risks which they have never undertaken; and, above all, the interest of the public, that... | |
 | Arkansas. Supreme Court - 1911 - 686 pages
...corporations to make contracts, Mr. Justice Gray, speaking for the court, sums up the result as follows : "The charter of a corporation, read in the light of...of its powers; the interest of the stockholders not to.be subjected to risks which they have never undertaken ; and above all the interest of the public... | |
 | Arkansas. Supreme Court - 1918 - 672 pages
...unlawful and void rests upon three distinct grounds ; the obligation of any one contracting with the corporation to take notice of the legal limits of its powers, the interest of the share holders not to be subject to risks which they have never undertaken, and, above all, the interest... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - 1889 - 786 pages
...stockholders in subscribing for the stock. 3d. The obligation of every one, entering into a contract with a corporation, to take notice of the legal limits of its powers. These three reasons are clearly brought out in the unaniOpinion of the Court. mous judgment of this... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - 1890 - 1182 pages
...stockholders in subscribing for the stock. 3d. The obligation of every one, entering into ั contract with a corporation, to take notice of the legal limits of its powers. These three reasons are clearly brought out in the unanimous judgment of this court, delivered by Mr.... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - 1891 - 860 pages
...corporate powers and franchises. 130 US 34, 35. The clear result of these decisions may be summed up thus : The charter of a corporation, read in the light of...stockholders, not to be subjected to risks which they have never undertaken ; and, above all, the interest of the public, that the corporation shall not transcend... | |
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