Beach v. Miller
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Second' District— heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of White-side county; the Hon. John Y. Eustace, Judge, presiding. Any act, either of a corporation or any of its officers, inconsistent with its charter, is void. Abbott v. Hard Rubber Co.. 33 Barb. 578; Railway Co. v. Bowser, 49 Pa. St. 29; Rollins v. Clay, 33 Me. 132; Cass v. Iron and Steel Co. 9 Fed. Rep.. 640; Polar Star Lodge v. Polar Star Lodge, 16 La.
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Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Second' District— heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of White-side county; the Hon. John Y. Eustace, Judge, presiding. Any act, either of a corporation or any of its officers, inconsistent with its charter, is void. Abbott v. Hard Rubber Co.. 33 Barb. 578; Railway Co. v. Bowser, 49 Pa. St. 29; Rollins v. Clay, 33 Me. 132; Cass v. Iron and Steel Co. 9 Fed. Rep.. 640; Polar Star Lodge v. Polar Star Lodge, 16 La. Ann. 53. The property of a corporation is a trust fund for the payment of its debts. Gordon v. Canal Co. 18 Ohio St. 169; Wood…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Craig
This was an action of trespass, brought by Joseph T. Miller, in the circuit court of Whiteside county, against Thomas S. Beach and George C. Keefer. The declaration contained four counts. In the first and second it is alleged, that defendants, with force and arms, broke and entered two certain rooms in a certain warehouse, known as the warehouse of the Bock Biver Packing Company, which said rooms were then and there in the possession of the plaintiff. The third and fourth counts are trespass de bonis asportatis, for taking and carrying away 94,612 tomato cans, 3516 sheets of tin, and a few…
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