Legal Opinion
Stearns v. the Newport Hospital
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Decided June 29, 1905PublishedCited by 10 opinions
Bill in Equity on facts set forth in opinion. Heard on demurrer and answer.
1Opinion of the CourtDouglas, C. J.
The defendant is a corporation established in the city of Newport under an act of the General Assembly passed February 12, 1873, of which the first two sections are as follows:
“Section 1. Benjamin Finch, T. MumfordSeabury, George C. Mason, Edward King, George A. Richmond, R. B. Cranston, Henry Ledyard, Samuel Engs, David King, Austin L. Sands, Henry E. Turner, William H. Birckhead, George S. Engs, and their associates who may be hereafter admitted members of the corporation hereinafter created according to the by-laws thereof, are incorporated and made a body corporate and politic by the name…
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