 | Austin Abbott - 1868 - 598 pages
...association may be established." By section 8 it is declared that such corporation may " sue and be sued, complain and defend in any court of law or equity as fully as natural persons." It is contended on behalf of the defendants that these corporations, being financial agents of the government,... | |
 | Wisconsin - 1868 - 1516 pages
...and valid, with or without the seal thereof; and said corporation shall, at all times, have power to make contracts, sue and be sued, complain and defend in any court of law and equity, as fully as natural persons, by the name designated in this act SECTION 13. A misnomer... | |
 | Frederick Charles Brightly - 1869 - 680 pages
...articles of association, or by the act of its shareholders owning two-thirds of its stock, or unless certain crimes in martial or military commission, when committed by persons and equity, as fully as natural persons j (6) it may elect or appoint directors, and by its board of... | |
 | 1869 - 944 pages
...period limited therein, not, however, exceeding twenty years from the pas-age of this net ; by such name may make contracts, sue and be sued, complain and...court of law or equity as fully as natural persons, and may make bylaws, approved by the Comptroller of the Currency, not inconsistent with the laws of... | |
 | Benjamin Vaughan Abbott, Austin Abbott - 1869 - 1028 pages
...organization certificate, for 20 years, unless it is sooner dissolved or its franchise is forfeited. " By such name it may make contracts, sue and be sued, complain and defend, in any court of law and equity, as fully as natural persons ; it may elect or appoint directors, and by its board of directors... | |
 | John Torrey Morse (Jr.) - 1870 - 600 pages
...articles of association, or by the act of its shareholders owning two-thirds of its stock, or unless, the franchise shall be forfeited by a violation of...be sued, complain and defend, in any court of law and equity as fully as natural persons ; it may elect or appoint directors, and by its board of directors... | |
 | 1874 - 436 pages
...shall, from the date of the execution of its organization certificate, be a body corporate ; * * * by such name it may make contracts, sue and be sued, complain and defend in any court of law and equity as fully as natural persons; * * * and exercise under this act all such incidental powers... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - 1871 - 730 pages
...designated in the organization certificate for the period of twenty years, and they may adopt a common seal, may make contracts, sue and be sued, complain and...court of law or equity as fully as natural persons, and may elect or appoint directors, and may exercise all such incidental powers as may be necessary... | |
 | Oliver Lorenzo Barbour - 1871 - 756 pages
...section of the act of congress gave them authority " by their name, to- make contracts, to sue and be sued, complain and defend in any court of law or equity, as fully as natural persons." This power gave them the right to sue in the state courts upon the obligations in this action. Then... | |
 | William Adams Richardson - 1873 - 208 pages
...articles of association, or by the act of its shareholders owning two-thirds of its stock, or unless the franchise shall be forfeited by a violation of...such name it may make contracts, sue and be sued, 3 complain and May sue and be defend, in any court of law and equity, as fully as natural sued ' persons;... | |
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... sue and be sued, complain and defend, in any court of law and equity as fully as natural persons... 
