A Summary of the Law Relating to Corporations; Being an Analysis of the Powers and Limitations of All Corporate Bodies, Commercial, Municipal and OT - Softcover

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1903 edition. Excerpt: ... INDEX. ACCEPTANCE of charter, by whom, 36 express or implied, 35 in part, whether valid, 36 necessary, 35 of surrender of charter, 134 ACCOUNTING: FOR BENEFITS, of money borrowed ultra vires, 120 where contract of corporation void for want of teal, 08 ACQUIESCENCE. of corporation in act of agent, 131 ACT OP PARLIAMENT, corporations created by, 33, 37 seldom in former times, 37 creating corporation, model clauses for, 143-150 giving Crown power to create certain corporaticns in futuro, 38 mercantile companies now usually created directly or indirectly by, 38 private, 38 when necessarj', 37 ACTIONS, 108-110 ADMINISTRATOR, coloration cannot le, 83 ADMISSIONS, of individual member, 109 officers or agents, 109 ADVANTAGES OF INCORPORATION, 7 AGENT OF A CORPORATION, acting ultra vires is personally liable, 120 authority of, 127 corporation and, may both be bound, 128 liability of corporation for acts of, done after incorporation, where agent has authority, 130 even where there is an informality, 130 where agent has exceeded his authority, but cor-poration ratifies, 131 done before incorporation. See also Promoters. corporation not bound and cannot ratify, 128 equitable modification of the principle, 128-130 personal liability of, for a tort committed by him, 127 for breach of warranty of authority, 127 where he contracts in his own name, 127 where he assumes to contract for corporation before its existence, 128 tort by. See Tort. AIDS, TALLIAGES AND FINES exacted from unincor orated district, 14 ALIENS can be members of a trading corporation, 43, 138 AMOTION OF MEMBERS AND OFFICERS, Court may interfere where power wrongly exercised, 47 director of a trading company not an " officer " of this nature, 48 in municipal corporations not extinguished...