State ex rel. Attorney General v. Milwaukee, Lake Shore & Western Railway Co.
Wisconsin Supreme Court
INFORMATION in the nature of Quo Wcvrranto. The object of this information (filed in this court) was to have a forfeiture of defendant’s charter adjudged. The grounds upon which the judgment was asked, will appear from the opinion. Defendant demurred, to the jurisdiction of the court; for defect, of parties plaintiff; for misjoinder of several causes of action; and for insufficiency of facts.
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INFORMATION in the nature of Quo Wcvrranto. The object of this information (filed in this court) was to have a forfeiture of defendant’s charter adjudged. The grounds upon which the judgment was asked, will appear from the opinion. Defendant demurred, to the jurisdiction of the court; for defect, of parties plaintiff; for misjoinder of several causes of action; and for insufficiency of facts. Upon the point that no cause of action was stated in the complaint, they argued, 1. That a corporation may exercise its powers in any place, unless restricted by its charter or by the law of the place…
1Opinion of the CourtOetok, J.
This is a proceeding by information in the nature of quo .warranto, filed by the attorney general, by leave of the court, in the name and on behalf of the state, against the defendant corporation, to vacate its charter, annul its corporate existence, and to have its rights, powers, privileges and franchises adjudged and declared forfeited.
As the grounds of the information, it is alleged that the principal or general office of said corporation is located without this state, and in the city and state of New York; that the books and records of the corporation are not kept, and have never at any…
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- Marshall v. Baltimore & Ohio RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1854
- Railroad Company v. HarrisSupreme Court of the United States · 1871
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