Communication on the Subject of a System of Railroads for MissouriJ. Lusk, 1854 - 8 pages |
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Page 8 - hands of such executor, administrator, guardian or trustee, shall be liable in like manner, and to the same extent as the testator or intestate, or the ward or person interested in such trust fund would have been if he had been living and competent to act, and held the same
Page 4 - The persons so constituted trustees, shall have authority to sue for and recover the debts and property of the dissolved corporation, by the name of the trustees of such corporation, describing it by its corporate name, and shall be jointly and severally responsible to the creditors and stockholders of such corporation to the extent
Page 21 - If any person or persons shall wilfully do or cause to be done any act or acts whatever, whereby any building, construction or work of any railroad corporation, or any engine, machine or structure, or any matter or thing appertaining to the same, shall be stopped, obstructed, impaired, weakened, injured or destroyed, the person or persons so offending
Page 4 - When the whole capital of a corporation shall not have been paid in, and the capital paid shall be insufficient to satisfy the claims of its creditors, each stockholder shall be bound to pay on each share held by him the sum necessary to complete the amount of such share, as fixed by the
Page 4 - shall, by any implication or construction, be deemed to possess the power to discount bills, notes or other evidence of debt, of receiving deposits, of buying gold and silver, bullion or foreign coins, of buying and selling bills of exchange, or of issuing bills, notes, or other evidences of debt, upon loan, or for circulation, as money.
Page 15 - intersected, by any new railroad, shall unite with the owners of such new railroad in forming such intersections and connections, and grant the facilities aforesaid, and if the two corporations cannot agree upon the amount of compensation to be made therefor, or the points
Page 27 - In case it shall happen at any time that an election of directors should not be made on any day when, pursuant to this act or any regulations of said company, it ought to have been made, the said corporation shall not for that cause be deemed
Page 11 - confirm such report, and shall make an order, containing a recital of the substance of the proceedings in the matter of the appraisal, and a description of the real estate appraised, for which compensation is to be made, and shall also direct to whom the money is to be paid, or in what bank or
Page 8 - liable to an action therefor before an execution shall be returned' unsatisfied in whole or in part against the corporation, and then the amount due on such execution shall be the amount recoverable with costs against such stockholders.
Page 7 - place of residence, stating that he is required to make such payment at the time and place specified in said notice, and that if he fails to make the same, his stock, and all previous payments thereon, will be forfeited for the use of the company; which notice shall be