Legal Opinion
People v. Canadian Fur Trappers Corp.
New York Court of Appeals
Decided May 1, 1928PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCrane, J.
The defendant, a corporation, has been found guilty of grand larceny, second degree, and fined $5,000. The argument presented here is that a cor poration cannot commit the crime of larceny as it is impossible for a corporation as such to have intent to steal or misappropriate property.
We think this question has been fairly well settled to the contrary. (Penal Law, secs. 1290 and 1932; General Construction Law [Cons. Laws, ch. 22], sec. 30; People v. Hudson Valley Construction Co., 217 N. Y. 172; People v. Rochester Ry. & Light Co., 195 N. Y. 102; People v. Dunbar Contracting Co., 165 App.…
2Cases cited17 opinions
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- Standard Oil Co. v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1906
- United States v. Union Supply Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1909
- Telegram Newspaper Co. v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1899
- People v. . Dunbar Contracting Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1915
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3Cited by27 opinions
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- Staten v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1950
- State v. ParkerSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1932
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