...in the year one thou- poration. sand eight hundred and sixty, and by that name, shall be competent to contract and be contracted with, sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, answer and be answered unto, defend and be defended, in all courts and places, and in all...

...grant, convey, rent or otherwise dispose of at pleasure. And they shall by said corporate name have power to contract, and be contracted with, sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, in all courts of justice; and they shall have and use a common seal, with power to alter...

...Knoxville, in Jeflerson county; to have perpetual succession, and to be capable in their corporate capacity, to contract and be contracted with, sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, answer and be answered, defend and be defended, in any court of competent jurisdiction;...

...for the construction of said road, and the same to sell, grant, rent, or in any manner dispose of; to contract and be contracted with, sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, answer and be answered, defend and be defended; and also to make, have and use a common...

...their successors and assigns are authorized to have and use a common seal, and in their corporate name to contract and be contracted with, sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, in the several courts of law and equity in this State, and shall nil all vacancies which...

...with perpetual succession, by the name of the "Dover Academy," and by that name shall be competent to contract and be contracted with, sue and be sued, plead and beimpleaded, in all courts of law and equity; to acquire, hold, posses and enjoy, and to give, grant,...

...and convey, rent or otherwise dispose of at pleasure; and they shrill by their corporate name have power to contract and be contracted with, sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, answer and be answered unto, defend and be defended in all courts of competent jurisdiction,...

...they and and their successors shall forever be known and have perpetual sffficession and shall have power to contract and be contracted with, sue and be sued, plead and May contract be impleaded, defend and be defended in all courts and places, iu all actions, suits,...

...the titles to any lots in said town, in whom the same shall, upon their appointment be vested; and to contract and be contracted with, sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, and to do all and singular the acts and things, in their corporate capacity, concerning...

...enjoy perpetual succession, shall be capable, in law of contracting and 'being contracted with, may sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, and shall have all the rights and privileges incident to corporations of a like character. SEC. 3. B: it further enacted, That said...