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" We take the general doctrine to be, in this country, (though there may be exceptional cases and some authorities to the contrary,) that the powers of corporations, organized under legislative statutes, are such, and such only, as those statutes confer.... "
Report of the ... Annual Meeting of the American Bar Association - Page 250
by American Bar Association - 1884
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Reports of Cases Decided in the Court of Chancery of the State of ..., Volume 51

New Jersey. Court of Chancery - Law reports, digests, etc - 1894 - 722 pages
...implication. RABE «. DFNLAP 40 2. In the construction of such grants the rule, however, is to hold that what is fairly implied is as much granted as what is clearly expressed. Id 40 &<; WILLS, 2, 8. PBAOTIOB— 1. The dismissal of a bill is no bar to a subsequent...
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Weekly Notes of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court ..., Volume 9

Law reports, digests, etc - 1881 - 628 pages
...that the powers of corporations organized under legislative statutes are such and such only as those statutes confer. Conceding the rule applicable to...these powers implies the exclusion of all others. This class of subjects has received much consideration of late years in the English courts, and counsel...
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The Federal Reporter

Law reports, digests, etc - 1925 - 1124 pages
...that the powers of corporations organized under legislative statutes are such and such only as those statutes confer. Conceding the rule applicable to...these powers implies the exclusion of all others." Thomas v. Railroad, 101 US 71, 80, 82, 25 L. Ed. 950; Clark on Corporations, p. 67; 2 Fletcher on Corporations,...
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The Federal Reporter: Cases Argued and Determined in the ..., Volumes 23-24

Law reports, digests, etc - 1885 - 1902 pages
...that effect was ultra vires and void. In delivering the opinion of the court Mr. Justice MILLER says : "Conceding the rule applicable to all statutes, that...these powers implies the exclusion of all others." This rule is of universal application, and applies to a corporation formed under the law of Oregon...
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The Federal Reporter: Cases Argued and Determined in the ..., Volumes 1-2

Law reports, digests, etc - 1880 - 1956 pages
...that the powers of a corporation organized under legislative statutes are such and such only as those statutes confer. "Conceding the rule applicable to...measure of its powers, and that the enumeration of those powers implies the exclusion of all others. ******* "There is another principle of equal importance,...
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The Federal Reporter: Cases Argued and Determined in the ..., Volumes 9-10

Law reports, digests, etc - 1882 - 1904 pages
...STEEL Co. and others. (Circuit Court, WD Penntylvania. December 27, 1881.) 1. CORPORATIONS — POWERS. The charter of a corporation is the measure of its powers, and the enumeration of these powers implies the exclusion of all others. 2. SAME— PARTICULAR CHARTER...
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The Doctrine of Ultra Vires: Illustrated and Explained by Selected Cases ...

George Washington Field - Ultra vires - 1881 - 620 pages
...that the powers of corporations organized under legislative statutes are such, and such only, as those statutes confer. Conceding the rule applicable to...these powers implies the exclusion of all others. This class of subjects has received much consideration of late years in the English courts, and counsel...
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The Southern Law Review: And Chart of the Southern Law and ..., Volume 6

Law - 1881 - 982 pages
...of corporations organized under legislative charters are only such as the statutes confer. Conceding that what is fairly implied is as much granted as...these powers implies the exclusion of all others. A lease by a railroad company of all its road, rolling-stock, and franchises for which there is no...
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The Southern Law Review, Volume 6

Law - 1881 - 1014 pages
...— Possession organized under legislative charters are only such as the statutes confer. Conceding that what is fairly implied is as much granted as...these powers implies the exclusion of all others. A lease by a railroad company or all its road, rolling-stock, and franchises for which there is no...
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The American and English Railroad Cases: A Collection of All the Railroad ...

Lawrence Lewis, Adelbert Hamilton, John Houston Merrill, William Mark McKinney, James Manford Kerr, John Crawford Thomson - Railroad law - 1882 - 706 pages
...that the powers of corporations organized under legislative statutes are such, and such only, as those statutes confer. Conceding the rule applicable to...these powers implies the exclusion of all others." The court, then, after referring to some of the English cases above cited, and particularly to the...
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