 ... that all rights which are asserted against the State must be clearly defined, and not raised by inference or presumption ; and if the charter is silent about a power, it does not exist. If, on a fair reading of the instrument, reasonable doubts arise...  Cyclopedia of the Law of Private Corporations - Page 1746by William Meade Fletcher - 1917Full view - About this book
 | Louisiana. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1868 - 700 pages
...proper construction to be given to it, these doubts are to be solved in favor of the State; and when it is susceptible of two meanings, the one restricting and the other extending the powers of a corporation, that construction is to be adopted which works least harm to the State. But if there... | |
 | Benjamin Vaughan Abbott, Austin Abbott - Corporation law - 1869 - 1028 pages
...reading of the instrument, reasonable doubts arise as to the proper interpretation to be given to it, those doubts are to be solved in favor of the State...of two meanings, the one restricting and the other extendiAg the powers of the corporation, that construction is to be adopted which works the least barm... | |
 | North Carolina. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1875 - 720 pages
...instrument, a reasonable doubt arises as to the proper interpretation to be given to it, the doubt is to be solved in favor of the State; and where it is susceptible of two meanings, one restricting and the other extending the power of the corporation, that construction is to be adopted... | |
 | Wisconsin. Railroad Commissioners' Department - Railroad law - 1875 - 856 pages
...reading of the instrument, reasonable doubts arise as to the proper interpretation to be given to it, those doubts are to be solved in favor of the State;...adopted which works the least harm to the State." Again, in Home of the Friendless vs. Ronse, 3 Wallace, 430, 437. where the question was as to whether... | |
 | Wisconsin - Wisconsin - 1876 - 1184 pages
...reading of the instrument, reasonable doubts arise as to the proper interpretation to be given to it, those doubts are to be solved in favor of the State;...adopted which works the least harm to the State." Again, in Home of the Friendless rg. Rouse, 3 Wallace, 430. 437. whefe the question was as to whether... | |
 | Orlando Bump - Constitutional law - 1878 - 474 pages
...not exist. Binghamton Bridge v. Chenango Bridge, 3 Wall. 51; s. C. 27 NY 87. ยป Where the instrument is susceptible of two meanings, the one restricting...be adopted which works the least harm to the State. Binghamton Bridge v. Chenango Bridge, 3 Wall. 51; s. C. 27 NY 87. If there is no ambiguity in the charter,... | |
 | Orlando Bump - Constitutional law - 1878 - 474 pages
...the one restrict-^. ing and the other extending the powers of the corporation, that construe^ tion is to be adopted which works the least harm to the State. Binghamton Bridge v. Chenango Bridge, 3 Wall. 51; s. C. 27 NY 87. If there is no ambiguity in the charter,... | |
 | Hermann Von Holst - Constitutional history - 1879 - 732 pages
...reading of the instrument, reasonable doubts arise as to the proper interpretation to be given to it, those doubts are to be solved in favor of the state;...adopted which works the least harm to the state." The general principle on which this judgment is based seems to me to be applicable to this case also.... | |
 | Hermann Von Holst - Constitutional history - 1879 - 724 pages
...reading of the instrument, reasonable doubts arise as to the proper interpretation to be given to it, those doubts are to be solved in favor of the state;...adopted which works the least harm to the state." The general principle on which this judgment is based seems to me to be applicable to this case also.... | |
 | Hermann Von Holst - Constitutional history - 1881 - 744 pages
...reading of the instrument, reasonable doubts arise as to the proper interpretation to be given to it, those doubts are to be solved in favor of the state;...adopted which works the least harm to the state." The general principle on which this judgment ia based seems to me to be applicable to this case also.... | |
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