 | New Jersey. Court of Chancery - 1880 - 942 pages
...functions and powers, they become officers de facto, and as such may act for and bind the corporation. An officer de facto is one who has the reputation of being the officer he assumes to be, and yet is not a good officer in point of law. King v. Bedford Level, 6 East 369. From a very early time... | |
 | Samuel Wells (barrister.) - 1830 - 862 pages
...the orders of the board. be good and sufficient to effectuate their conveyances. An officer defncto is one who has the reputation of being the officer he assumes to be, and yet is not a good officer in point of law; 1 Ld. Raym. 000. In this case, Gotobed was never more than... | |
 | Alabama. Supreme Court - 1845 - 1058 pages
...; Johnson v. Wilson, et al, 2 N. Hamp. Rep. 202.] " An officer de facto," says Lord Ellenborough, " is one who has the reputation of being the officer he assumes to be, and yet is not a good officer in point of law." The acts of a steward de facto, he concludes, are good,... | |
 | Georgia. Supreme Court - 1883 - 846 pages
...rights of the public and third persons having an interest in them are concerned. A de facto officer is one who has the reputation of being the officer he assumes to be, and yet is not a good officer in law. 20 Ga., 746; 336. Vacancies of bailiffs are filled by appointment... | |
 | Michigan. Supreme Court, Randolph Manning, George C. Gibbs, Thomas McIntyre Cooley, Elijah W. Meddaugh, William Jennison, Hovey K. Clarke, Hoyt Post, Henry Allen Chaney, William Dudley Fuller, John Adams Brooks, Marquis B. Eaton, Herschel Bouton Lazell, James M. Reasoner, Richard W. Cooper - 1892 - 742 pages
...though having no right in fact." Cooley, Const. Lim. (6th ed.) p. 750. Lord Ellenborough's definition is: "One who has the reputation of being the officer he assumes to be, and yet is not a good officer in point of law." King v. Bedford Level, 6 East, 356. It cannot be said that... | |
 | Michigan. Supreme Court, Randolph Manning, George C. Gibbs, Thomas McIntyre Cooley, Elijah W. Meddaugh, William Jennison, Hovey K. Clarke, Hoyt Post, Henry Allen Chaney, William Dudley Fuller, John Adams Brooks, Marquis B. Eaton, Herschel Bouton Lazell, James M. Reasoner, Richard W. Cooper - 1892 - 830 pages
...functions of office in ordering an election. An officer de facto was defined by Lord Ellenborough to be — "One who has the reputation of being the officer he assumes to be, and yet is not a good officer in point of law." • The very action of the council in the present case... | |
 | Georgia. Supreme Court - 1857 - 972 pages
...snch, can be collaterally impeached in a proceeding to which he is not a party. [4.] An officer dc facto is one who has the reputation of being the officer he assumes to be, and yet is not a good officer in point of law ; one who acts by color of an appointment, but is not in... | |
 | United States. Congress. House - 1858 - 820 pages
...the case of The King vs. The Corporation of Bedford Level, (6 East., 356, citing Ld. Raym. 660,) that an officer de facto is one who has the reputation of being the officer he assumes to be, and yet is not a good officer in point of law. It is a general rule in relation to public officers, that... | |
 | United States. Congress. House - 1858 - 820 pages
...case of The King vs. The Corporation of Bedford Level, (6 East., 356, citing Ld. Ray in. 660,) that an officer de facto is one who has the reputation of being the officer he assumes to be, and yet is not a good officer in point of law. It is a general rule in relation to public officers, that... | |
 | Illinois. Supreme Court - 1910 - 710 pages
...variously denned. Lord Ellenborough, in King v. Bedford Level, 6 East, 356, denned a de facto officer to be "one who has the reputation of being the officer he assumes to be and yet not a good officer in point of law." This definition, it will be noted, omits the necessity for... | |
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An officer de facto is one who has the reputation of being the officer he assumes to be, and yet is not a good officer in point of law. 
