Cases Argued and Determined in the Circuit Courts of the United States for the Fifth Judicial Circuit. [1870-1883], Volumen1Callaghan, 1875 |
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... officers are derelict in their duty . 3. The appropriate party to sue for such injury is the corporation itself , acting by its legal officers and managers . 4. The ownership of stock does not give the stockholder any legal estate in ...
... officers are derelict in their duty . 3. The appropriate party to sue for such injury is the corporation itself , acting by its legal officers and managers . 4. The ownership of stock does not give the stockholder any legal estate in ...
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... officers or directors , are not competent and willing to vindicate its rights ; or that they are guilty of any complicity with the defendants , or even of any neglect to per- form their proper duties , for the protection of the ...
... officers or directors , are not competent and willing to vindicate its rights ; or that they are guilty of any complicity with the defendants , or even of any neglect to per- form their proper duties , for the protection of the ...
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... officers who are charged with delinquency . And by and through the equity which the stockholder has against de- linquent officers , he may often obtain relief against strangers combining with them . But in no other way can a stockholder ...
... officers who are charged with delinquency . And by and through the equity which the stockholder has against de- linquent officers , he may often obtain relief against strangers combining with them . But in no other way can a stockholder ...
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... officers , the adequate redress . Should these officers refuse to perform their duty , then only can the stockholder appeal to the courts for aid against them , and through them for aid against the wrong doer . These principles are ...
... officers , the adequate redress . Should these officers refuse to perform their duty , then only can the stockholder appeal to the courts for aid against them , and through them for aid against the wrong doer . These principles are ...
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... officers are derelict in their duty . 3. The appropriate party to sue for such injury is the corporation itself , acting by its legal officers and managers . 4. The ownership of stock does not give the stockholder any legal estate in ...
... officers are derelict in their duty . 3. The appropriate party to sue for such injury is the corporation itself , acting by its legal officers and managers . 4. The ownership of stock does not give the stockholder any legal estate in ...
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Página 515 - States; and such citizens of every race and color, without regard to any previous condition of slavery or involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall have the same right in every State and Territory in the United States to make and enforce contracts; to sue, be parties, and give evidence ; to inherit, purchase, lease, sell, hold, and convey real and personal property ; and to full and equal benefit of all laws and proceedings for...
Página 305 - Indians not taxed, are hereby declared to be citizens of the United States; and such citizens, of every race and color, without regard to any previous condition of slavery or involuntary servitude...
Página 135 - ... or more than two years prior to his application, and not in public use or on sale in this country for more than two years...
Página 704 - That in actions by or against executors, administrators or guardians, in which judgment may be rendered for or against them, neither party shall be allowed to testify against the other, as to any transaction with, or statement by, the testator, intestate or ward, unless called to testify thereto by the opposite party, or required to testify thereto by the court.
Página 234 - ... nor shall any district, or circuit court, have cognizance of any suit to recover the contents of any promissory note, or other chose in action, in favor of an assignee, unless a suit might have been prosecuted in such court to recover the said contents if no assignment had been made, except in cases of foreign bills of exchange.
Página 410 - ... made with a view to prevent his property from coming to his assignee in bankruptcy, or to prevent the same from being distributed under this act...
Página 330 - ... any fact which clearly proves it to be against conscience to execute a judgment, and of which the injured party could not have availed himself in a court of law, or of which he might have availed himself at law, but was prevented by fraud or accident, unmixed with any fault or negligence in himself or his agents, will justify an application to a court of chancery.
Página 457 - That if any person or persons shall, within any fort, arsenal, dockyard, magazine, or in any other place or district of country, under the sole and exclusive jurisdiction of the United States, commit the crime of wilful murder, such person or persons, on being thereof convicted, shall suffer death.
Página 509 - ... questions of a more general nature, not at all dependent upon local statutes or local usages of a fixed and permanent operation, as for example, to the construction of ordinary contracts or other written instruments, and especially to questions of general commercial law, where the state tribunals are called upon to perform the like functions as ourselves; that is, to ascertain upon general reasoning and legal analogies, what is the true exposition of the contract or instrument, or what is the...
Página 461 - In all other cases, the defendant may be found guilty of any offense the commission of which is necessarily included in that with which he is charged in the indictment