Legal Opinion
Ketchum v. . the City of Buffalo and Austin
New York Court of Appeals
Decided September 5, 1856PublishedCited by 55 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
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[EDITORS' NOTE: THIS PAGE CONTAINS HEADNOTES. HEADNOTES ARE NOT AN OFFICIAL PRODUCT OF THE COURT, THEREFORE THEY ARE NOT DISPLAYED.] The first question presented by this case is, whether the city of Buffalo had power in December, 1853, to purchase land for the purpose of a market. It is now well settled that corporations, being merely artificial persons, derive all their powers from the law which creates them, or from some other positive statute. A natural person…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- McCullough v. MossCourt for the Trial of Impeachments and Correction of Errors · 1846
- Mott v. HicksNew York Supreme Court · 1823
- Attorney General v. Life & Fire InsuranceNew York Court of Chancery · 1842
3Cited by55 opinions
- Peterson v. . the Mayor, C., of New-YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1858
- Courtesy Sandwich Shop, Inc. v. Port of New York AuthorityNew York Court of Appeals · 1963
- In Re the Estate of HeinzeNew York Court of Appeals · 1918
- City of Long Beach v. LisenbyCalifornia Supreme Court · 1919
- Sebastian Shaumyan and Maria Shaumyan v. Sidetex Co., Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1990
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