Attorney General v. Superior & St. Croix Railroad
Wisconsin Supreme Court
ApplioatioN for leave to file an information in the nature of quo warranto. This was an application bv the Attorney General, upon an order requiring the defendant company to show cause why an order should not be made granting leave to him to file an information in the nature of quo warremto against said company, and for process against it, etc.
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ApplioatioN for leave to file an information in the nature of quo warranto. This was an application bv the Attorney General, upon an order requiring the defendant company to show cause why an order should not be made granting leave to him to file an information in the nature of quo warremto against said company, and for process against it, etc. The proposed information sets out, in substance, the incorporation of the •company by ch. 326, P. & L. Laws of 1870, as amended by ch. 2 and ch. 328, P. & L. Laws of 1871; that it accepted its charter in February, 1871, and in that year located that…
1Opinion of the CourtPinney, J.
1. It is settled in this state, as well as in others in which a similar statute exists, that the suspension by a corporation of its ordinary and lawful business for one whole year, as the language of the statute itself imports (R. S, sec. 1763), does not ipso facto dissolve the corporation, but furnishes a cause for its dissolution by the judgment of a competent court. Sleeper v. Goodwin, 67 Wis. 577, 585; Strong v. McCagg, 55 Wis. 624; Combes v. Keyes, 89 Wis. 309; People v. Hillsdale & C. Turnpike Road, 23 Wend. 254, 257; People v. Bank of Pontiac, 12 Mich. 527, 537.
2. As the authority of…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- National Bank v. Insurance Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1881
- Bank of Bethel v. Pahquioque BankSupreme Court of the United States · 1872
- Sleeper v. GoodwinWisconsin Supreme Court · 1887
- State v. West Wisconsin Railway Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1874
- Combes v. KeyesWisconsin Supreme Court · 1895
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3Cited by16 opinions
- State ex rel. Attorney General v. Portage City Water Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1900
- Wright v. Milwaukee Electric Railway & Light Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1897
- State ex rel. Vilter Manufacturing Co. v. Milwaukee, Burlington & Lake Geneva RailroadWisconsin Supreme Court · 1902
- First Savings & Trust Co. v. Milwaukee CountyWisconsin Supreme Court · 1914
- State ex rel. Northwestern Colonization & Improvement Co. v. HullerNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1918
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