| Joseph Kinnicut Angell, Samuel Ames - 1846 - 872 páginas
...purposes exclusively, they belong to the corporate body, in its public and numicipal character; but if for purposes of private advantage and emolument, though...quoad hoc, is to be regarded as a private company. 1 A hospital founded by a private benefaction, is, in point of law, a private corporation, though dedicated... | |
| 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 - 1874 - 664 páginas
...or municipal BOARD or PABK Con M i»»i ONHRS r. COHHOIC COUNCIL or DITROIT. character. But if the grant was for purposes of private advantage and emolument,...individual or body of persons upon whom the like special franchises had been conferred." In San Francisco Gas Company v. San Francisco, 9 Cal., 433, it is held... | |
| 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 - 1909 - 790 páginas
...exclusively, they belong to the corporate body in its public political or municipal character; but if the grant was for purposes of private advantage and emolument,...individual or body of persons upon whom the like special franchises had been conferred." Although it was said in Davidson v. Hine, that " a municipal fire department... | |
| Murray Hoffman - 1853 - 456 páginas
...advantage or emolument, although the public may derive a common benefit therefrom, the Corporation, so far, is to be regarded as a private company. It stands...individual or body of persons, upon whom the like special franchises had been conferred. It is upon the like distinction that municipal corporations, in their... | |
| Louisiana. Supreme Court - 1855 - 710 páginas
...the corporate body in its public or municipal character. But if for purposes of private advantage, though the public may derive a common benefit therefrom,...quoad hoc, is to be regarded as a private company." In the case of Martin v. Mayor of Brooklyn, 1 Hill, 550, the court say : " It is impossible to maintain... | |
| Nathan Howard (Jr.) - 1857 - 614 páginas
...regarded as a private company. He says, " It [the corporation] stands on the same footing as would an individual or body of persons upon whom the like special franchise had been conferred," and cites a large number of authorities on the point. This decision, too, was affirmed in the court... | |
| Oliver Lorenzo Barbour - 1858 - 714 páginas
...the defendants quoad hoc were to be regarded as a private company." He says : i: It [the corporation] stands on the same footing as would any individual...whom the like special franchise had been conferred," and cites a large number of authorities on the point. This decision too was affirmed in the court for... | |
| Illinois. Supreme Court - 1907 - 750 páginas
...its capacity of a private corporation and not in the exercise of its police powers. It stands upon the same footing as would any individual or body of persons upon whom like special franchises had been conferred. ll'\1gner v. Rock Island, 146 111. 154. Where an injury... | |
| Murray Hoffman - 1862 - 474 páginas
...the corporate body, in its public, political, or municipal character. But if the grant was for the purposes of private advantage and emolument, though...individual, or body of persons, upon whom the like special franchises had been conferred. The title of the property taken by the Water Commissioners was vested,... | |
| United States. Supreme Court - 1867 - 732 páginas
...respect to the powers conferred by these laws, is to be regarded as a private corporation, standing on the same footing as would any individual or body of persons upon whom like privileges had been conferred. Or, in the language of the court in Bailey v. The JUayor, £e.,... | |
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