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Description
This subject will be treated in the following order: The general nature of a corporation. Definition and history. The corporation as a person. The corporation as a collection of individuals.The corporation as a franchise. Corporations and other institutions.Tests of corporate existence. Class of corporations. Creation of corporations. The state's functions. The promoter's functions. The corporate charter. The association agreement. Organization. The body corporate. Members and organs of action. Internal relations. Corporate funds. Corporate name. Corporate life. Corporate death- dissolution. Corporate powers and liabilities. Powers in general. Classes of corporate powers.Particular powers. Ultra vires. Torts and crimes. The corporation and the state. The state and its own corporations. The state and national corporations. The state and foreign corporations. The national government and state corporations. Special relations. The corporation and its promoters. The corporation and its officers. The corporation and its shareholders. Corporate creditors.
Publication Date
1914
Publisher
LaSalle Extension University
City
Chicago
Keywords
Corporations, State, Creation of corporations, Powers, Liabilities
Disciplines
Law | Organizations Law
Recommended Citation
Wilgus, Horace LaFayette. Private Corporations. Chicago: La Salle Extension University, 1914.