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CONTENTS.
CHAPTER I.
ULTRA VIRES IN ITS APPLICATION IN SUITS ON CONTRACT FOR THE
RECOVERY OF MONEY.
First Selected Case.
The East Anglian Railways Company v. The Eastern Counties Railway
Company....
LEASE OF ALL THE PROPERTY AND FRANCHISES OF A RAILROAD
COMPANY, ULTRA VIRES.
Second Selected Case.
Thomas v. Railroad Company....
9
41
CHAPTER II.
ULTRA VIRES NOT APPLICABLE TO THE COMMERCIAL PAPER OF A
MANUFACTURING CORPORATION IN THE HANDS OF A BONA FIDE
HOLDER. AUTHORITY TO MAKE SUCH PAPER INCIDENTAL TO
CORPORATE POWER.
Third Selected Case.
Monument National Bank v. Globe Works....
COMMERCIAL PAPER NOT HELD BONA FIDE.
Fourth Selected Case,
74
Franklin Company v. Lewiston Savings Institution for Savings........ 77
ULTRA VIRES NOT APPLICABLE IN CASE OF NOTE SECURED BY DEED
OF TRUST EXECUTED FOR MONEY LOANED BY A NATIONAL BANK—
INJUNCTION REFUSED.
Fifth Selected Case.
National Bank v. Matthews....
84
CHAPTER III.
APPLICATION OF THE DOCTRINE TO THE CONTRACTS AND TORTS OF
CORPORATE CARRIERS BEYOND THEIR CORPORATE LINES.
Sixth Selected Case.
Hood v.
The New York & New Haven Railroad Company....
..... 103
ULTRA VIRES NOT APPLICABLE TO THE CONTRACTS OR TORTS OF CAR-
RIERS BEYOND THEIR CHARTERED LINES-NOT APPLICABLE TO
CORPORATE TORTS.
Seventh Selected Case.
Bissell v. The Michigan Southern and Northern Indiana Railroad Com-
panies.
...
CHAPTER IV.
CORPORATE LIABILITY FOR MONEY LOANED TO AID UNAUTHORIZED
ACTS.
Eighth Selected Case.
Bradley v. Ballard...
116
.168
LIABILITY FOR MONEY EXPENDED IN THE EXECUTION OF ULTRA
VIRES CONTRACTS.
Ninth Selected Case.
The State Board of Agriculture v. Citizens' Street Railway Company.. 174
CHAPTER V.
ILLUSTRATION OF THE DOCTRINE IN ITS APPLICATION IN EQUITY TO
RESTRAIN UNAUTHORIZED ACTS.
Tenth Selected Case.
Coleman v. The Eastern Counties Railway Company...
A CHANGE OF CORPORATE PURPOSES WILL BE ENJOINED.
Eleventh Selected Case.
Zabriskie v. The Hackensack & New York Railroad Company and
others...
MISAPPLICATION OF CORPORATE FUNDS WILL BE ENJOINED.
Twelfth Selected Case.
Pratt v. Pratt, Read & Company.....
190
199
214
CHAPTER VI.
ILLUSTRATION OF THE DOCTRINE IN ITS APPLICATION IN SUITS FOR
A SPECIFIC PERFORMANCE.
Thirteenth Selected Case.
Shrewsbury & Birmingham Railway Company v. Northwestern Railway
Company...
ILLUSTRATION OF THE DOCTRINE IN ITS APPLICATION TO SUITS IN
EQUITY TO CANCEL DEEDS.
Fourteenth Selected Case.
Miners' Ditch Company v. Zellerbach & Powers..
.233
260
CHAPTER VII.
PROCEEDINGS FOR A FORFEITURE-QUO WARRANTO.
Fifteenth Selected Case.
The Commonwealth v. The Commercial Bank....
THE RIGHT OF A CORPORATION CHARTERED IN ONE STATE TO HOLD
REAL ESTATE IN ANOTHER.
Sixteenth Selected Case.
319
The State v. Boston, Concord and Montreal Railroad Company........ 328
THE DOCTRINE IN ITS APPLICATION TO MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS
IN CASE OF EXECUTED CONTRACTS.
Eighteenth Selected Case.
Argenti v. City of San Francisco....
DOCTRINE IN CASE OF EXECUTED CONTRACTS.
Nineteenth Selected Case.
Allegheny City v. McClurkan & Co......
341
MUNICIPAL BONDS PAYABLE TO ORDER-DOCTRINE OF ULTRA VIRES
APPLIED TO.
Twenty-third Selected Case.
Gelpcke et al. v. The City of Dubuque.....
CHAPTER XI.
MUNICIPAL WARRANTS, ISSUED WITHOUT AUTHORITY, ARE VOID
EVEN IN THE HANDS OF INNOCENT HOLDERS.
Twenty-fourth Selected Case.
Clark v. The City of Des Moines.
COUNTY BONDS ISSUED WITHOUT AUTHORITY VOID IN THE HANDS
OF AN INNOCENT HOLDER.
Twenty-fifth Selected Case.
Marsh v. Fulton County...
APPLICATION OF THE DOCTRINE IN CASE OF MUNICIPAL RAILWAY
BONDS.
Twenty-sixth Selected Case.
Alexander Buchanan v. The City of Litchfield, Illinois.
A MUNICIPAL CORPORATION ESTOPPED FROM DENYING THE VA-
LIDITY OF DEBENTURES IN THE HANDS OF AN INNOCENT AS-
SIGNEE, IF THEY ARE ISSUED IN THE FORM PRESCRIBED.
Twenty-seventh Selected Case.
Webb and others v. The Commissioners of Keene Bay.
395
406
413
442
462
470
483
WHERE THE AUTHORITY TO ISSUE BONDS FOR RAISING MONEY FOR
CORPORATE PURPOSES IS CONDITIONAL.
Twenty-eighth Selected Case.
The Royal British Bank v. Turquand...
CHAPTER XII.
MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS ARE NOT LIABLE FOR ULTRA VIRES TRES-
PASSES, DONE EVEN COLORE OFFICII.
Twenty-ninth Selected Case.
Horn v. The City of Baltimore....
LIABILITY OF MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS FOR TRESPASSES DONE
COLORE OFFICII.
Thirtieth Selected Case.
Lee v. The Village of Sandy Hill..
AN ACTION MAY BE MAINTAINED AGAINST A MUNICIPAL CORPORA-
TION FOR A TORT, ALTHOUGH DONE COLORE OFFICII.
Thirty-first Selected Case.
Thayer et al. v. City of Boston....
A MUNICIPAL CORPORATION MAY BE LIABLE FOR A TRESPASS ON
REAL PROPERTY.
Thirty-second Selected Case.
Sheldon v. Kalamazoo....
495
508
513
524
A CITY HELD NOT LIABLE FOR INJURY CAUSED BY A DISCHARGE
OF A ROCKET BY ITS OFFICERS.
Thirty-third Selected Case.
Morris v. City of Lawrence.
CHAPTER XIII.
AGENTS NOT LIABLE ON ULTRA VIRES CONTRACT.
Thirty-fourth Selected Case.
McCurdy v. Rogers.....
WHERE AN AGENT MAY BE LIABLE-ACTION FOR MONEY HAD AND
RECEIVED.
Thirty-fifth Selected Case.
Jefts and Wife v. York...
535
548
554