| 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 - 1899 - 814 էջ
...Mich. 294. In 1 Dill. Mun. Corp. (4th Ed.) §457, it is said: "The duties and powers of the officers or public agents of the corporation are prescribed by...of municipalities, or be legislatively overthrown." See, also, Cooley, Const. Lira. (6th Ed.) 261; 1 Beach, Pub. Corp. § 217; Pettis v. Johnson, 56 Ind.... | |
| New Jersey. Court of Chancery, Charles Ewing Green - 1874 - 638 էջ
...nature of such insti• tntions, and to rest upon reasonable and solid grounds. Their duties and powers are prescribed by statute or charter, which all persons,...accompanied with such abuse, that it would soon end iu the ruin of municipalities, or be legislatively overthrown. In the present ease, it was urged, on... | |
| Louisiana. Supreme Court - 1878 - 968 էջ
...of the corporation. * * The duties and powers of the officers or public agents of the corpomtion arc prescribed by statute or charter, which all persons not only may know, but are bound to know. * * * It results that unanthorized contracts are void, and in actions thereon the corporation may successfully... | |
| Virginia. Supreme Court of Appeals - 1878 - 934 էջ
...— the officers are but the public agents of the corporation. The duties and powers of such officers are prescribed by statute or charter which all persons not only may knotr tnit are bound to kn,nr. The opposite doctrine would be fraught with such danger and accompanied... | |
| Austin Abbott - 1879 - 664 էջ
...Corporations (2d Ed., § 381), in reference to legislative restrictions upon corporate powers, aptly says : " The opposite doctrine would be fraught with such danger,...of municipalities, or be legislatively overthrown. VoL. V.— 26 People ex rel. Murphy c. Kelly. . . . . The history of the workings of municipal bodies... | |
| Isaac Grant Thompson - 1883 - 890 էջ
...the officers are but the public agents of the corporation. The duties and powers of the officers or public agents of the corporation are prescribed by...would be fraught with such danger, and accompanied witli such abuse, that it would soon end in the ruin of municipalities, or be legislatively overthrown.... | |
| Ontario. High Court of Justice - 1885 - 848 էջ
...corporation. The duties and powers of the officers or public agents of the corporation are prescribed by the statute or charter, which all persons not only may...of municipalities, or be legislatively overthrown. * * It results from this doctrine that unauthorized contracts are void, and in actions thereon the... | |
| 1903 - 1148 էջ
...The officers are but the public agents of the corporation. The duties and powers of the officers or public agents of the corporation are prescribed by...only may know, but are bound to know. The opposite doetrine would be fraught with such danger and accompanied with such abuse that it would soon end In... | |
| Ontario. High Court of Justice - 1885 - 846 էջ
...corporation. The duties and powers of the officers or public agents of the corporation are prescribed by the statute or charter, which all persons not only may...but are bound to know. The opposite doctrine would he fraught with such danger and accompanied with such abuse that it would soon end in the ruin of municipalities,... | |
| 1904 - 1276 էջ
...The officers are but the public agents of the corporation. The duties and powers of the officers or public agents of the corporation are prescribed by...accompanied with such abuse that it would soon end hi the ruin of municipalities, or be legislatively overthrown. * * * It results from this doctrine... | |
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