 | William Johnson, New York (State). Supreme Court - 1853 - 500 Seiten
...corporation, all parol contracts made by its authorized agent are express promises of the corporation, and all duties imposed upon them by law, and all benefits...promises, for the enforcement of which an action will lie. The evidence offered in the Court below, in support of the action, showed conclusively that the services... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court, Benjamin Robbins Curtis - 1864 - 754 Seiten
...contracts made by its authorized agents are express promises of the corporation ; and all duties imposed on them by law, and all benefits conferred at their request,...implied promises, for the enforcement of which an action lies. Bank of Columbia v. Patterson's Administrator, 540. COURTS OF THE UNITED STATES, 8. 9 ; INSURANCE,... | |
 | Conway Robinson - 1855 - 884 Seiten
...stock. It has long been decided in the United States, that duties imposed on corporations by law and benefits conferred at their request, raise implied...for the enforcement of which, an action will lie. Bank of Columbia v. Patterson, 7 Cranch 305,6 ; Sargent fyc. v. Franklin Ins. Co. 8 Pick. 98; Wyman... | |
 | William Tidd - 1856 - 838 Seiten
...corporation, all parol contracts made by its authorized agents are express promises of the corporation ; and all duties imposed upon them by law, and all benefits...promises, for the enforcement of which an action will lie. In the Supreme Court of New York, also, Mr. Chief Justice Thompson held expressly that assumpsit will... | |
 | John Pitt Taylor - 1858 - 934 Seiten
...parol contracts made by its authorised agents were express and binding promises of the corporation ; and all duties imposed upon them by law, and all benefits conferred at their request, raised implied promises, for the enforcement of which an action ky." See also 6 A. & E. 837, 838, per... | |
 | James Kent - 1858 - 966 Seiten
...parol contracts, made by its authorized agents, were express and binding promises of the corporation ; and all duties imposed upon them by law, and all benefits conferred at their request, raised implied * promises, for the enforcement of * 290 which an action lay. (d)* The adjudged cases... | |
 | Richard Peters - 1860 - 792 Seiten
...made by its authorized agents, are express promises of the corporation ; and all duties imposed on them by law, and all benefits conferred at their request,...for the enforcement of which an action •will lie. Hail k of Columbia v. Patterson, 7 Cranch, 299; 2 Cond. Rep. 501. 17. Where a contract is made for... | |
 | Richard Peters - 1860 - 836 Seiten
...contracts made by its authorized agents are express promises of the corporation ; and all duties imposed on them by law, and all benefits conferred at their request, raise implied promisee, for the enforcement of which an action will lie. Bank of Columbia v. Patterson, 7 Cranch,... | |
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Accordingly it would seem to be a sound rule of law, that wherever a corporation is acting within the scope of the legitimate purposes of its institution, all parol contracts made by its authorized agents are express promises of the corporation; and all... 
