 | John Forrest Dillon - 1873 - 546 halaman
...be made by a corporation which is prohibited by its charter or by the statute law of the statc.1 And it is a general and fundamental principle of law,...contract ; and a contract beyond the scope of the corpotate power is void, although it be under the seal of the corporation." So, also, those dealing... | |
 | 1897 - 1116 halaman
...cannot bind the corporation by any contract which is beyond the scope of its powers. * * *" And, again: "It is a general and fundamental principle of law...peril inquire into the power of the corporation or of its officers to make the contract; and a contract beyond the scope of the corporate power is void,... | |
 | Louisiana. Supreme Court - 1878 - 968 halaman
...powers are especially defined, and they can not exercise any others than those delegated to them. " It is a general and fundamental principle of law that...corporation must, at their peril, inquire into the power of its officers to make the contract; and a contract beyond the scope of the corporate power is void,... | |
 | William Wait - 1878 - 1004 halaman
...the State. Thomas -v. City of Richmond, 12 Wall. 349 ; City of Jackson v. Bowman, 39 Miss. 671. And all persons contracting with a municipal corporation...corporation or its officers to make the contract. See Hodges v. City of Buffalo, 2 Denio, 110 ; Baltimore v. Reynolds, 20 Md. 1 ; Wallace v. San Jose,... | |
 | Charles Louque - 1878 - 852 halaman
...jurors can exercise no powers except such as specially conferred, and it is a fundamental principle that all persons contracting with a municipal corporation must, at their peril, enquire into the power of its officers to make the contract; and a contract beyond the scope of the... | |
 | 1879 - 556 halaman
...passed authorizing said bonds to be issued to said Bowers, or designating the denomination of the same. "It is a general and fundamental principle of law,...municipal corporation must, at their peril, inquire Into lhe, power of the corporation or its officers to make the contract; and a contract beyond the scope... | |
 | 1919 - 2026 halaman
...consideration was, therefore, but to urge ignorance of the law, which is not an available plea here. "It Is a general and fundamental principle of law...corporation or its officers to make the contract." State v. Minnesota Transfer Ry. Co., 80 Minn. 116, 83 NW 35, 50 L. R, A. 650. The statute, which Mr.... | |
 | 1897 - 1040 halaman
...justly held to the obligation to inform themselves as to the rights which they may acquire in so doing. All persons contracting with a municipal corporation...peril inquire into the power of the corporation or of its officers to make the contract. Dill. Mun. Corp. (4th Ed.) § 447; Farnsworth v. Pawtucket, 13... | |
 | Illinois. Appellate Court, James Bolesworth Bradwell - 1880 - 708 halaman
...People, 76; City of East St. Louis v. Board of Trustees, 130 9. Poirer to make contracts.— All parties contracting with a municipal corporation must at their peril inquire into the power of the corporation to make contracts. City of Chicago v. Shober & Carguenlle Lith. Co., 560 10. Power to regulate railroads.... | |
 | 1881 - 1116 halaman
...the mortgage. — Union Centi Life Ins. Co. vs. Curtiss, Sup. Ct. Ohio. MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS.— All persons contracting with a municipal corporation...corporation or its officers to make the contract.- — City of Chicago vs. Lithographing Co., Sup. Ct. 111. Powers are conferred upon municipal corporations... | |
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And it is a general and fundamental principle of law that all persons contracting with a municipal corporation must at their peril inquire into the power of the corporation or of its officers to make the contract... 
