A Digest of the Reported Decisions of the Courts of Common Law, Bankruptcy, Probate, Admiralty, and Divorce: Together with a Selection from Those of the Court of Chancery and Irish Courts, from 1756 to 1883 Inclusive, 2. köideH. Sweet, 1884 |
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... directors are bound to ascer- tain the truth of the representations of facts contained in their prospectus , and are responsible if those assertions are false , whether they know Contemporaneous Documents . ] - The defen- them to be so ...
... directors are bound to ascer- tain the truth of the representations of facts contained in their prospectus , and are responsible if those assertions are false , whether they know Contemporaneous Documents . ] - The defen- them to be so ...
Page 309
... directors when the prospectus is and as to the remaining 450 to the directors first issued refuse to act , it is bound to issue a other than the vendors . The plaintiff took new prospectus containing other names , and to shares on the ...
... directors when the prospectus is and as to the remaining 450 to the directors first issued refuse to act , it is bound to issue a other than the vendors . The plaintiff took new prospectus containing other names , and to shares on the ...
Page 323
... directors - Held , that such resolution being clearly invalid , a call and con- sequent forfeiture for non - payment thereof made by the four directors acting under that resolution were also invalid . Alma Spinning Company , In re ...
... directors - Held , that such resolution being clearly invalid , a call and con- sequent forfeiture for non - payment thereof made by the four directors acting under that resolution were also invalid . Alma Spinning Company , In re ...
Page 325
... directors , the words are imperative , not has been placed in the hands of trustees for the merely directory : consequently a call made or a bondholders , the duty of such trustees being to forfeiture of shares declared by less than the ...
... directors , the words are imperative , not has been placed in the hands of trustees for the merely directory : consequently a call made or a bondholders , the duty of such trustees being to forfeiture of shares declared by less than the ...
Page 327
... directors . These and that W. had effectually surrendered his shares three elected three other directors . The three to the company and ceased to be a shareholder original directors resigned , and afterwards one of from the date of the ...
... directors . These and that W. had effectually surrendered his shares three elected three other directors . The three to the company and ceased to be a shareholder original directors resigned , and afterwards one of from the date of the ...
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