People v. North River Sugar Refining Co.
New York Circuit Court
Action in the nature of quo warranto, brought by the people of the state of New York, for the forfeiture of the defendant’s corporate franchises, and for its dissolution.
1Opinion of the CourtBarrett, J.
The questions to be decided in this case are, whether the acts complained of are corporate acts, and if so, whether such corporate acta are grounds of forfeiture, within section 1798 of the Code of Civil Procedure. The people rest their case primarily upon the second and fifth subdivisions of this section, claiming, under the second subdivision, that the defendant has “become liable to be dissolved by the abuse of its powers, ” and under the fifth that it has exercised privileges or franchises not conferred upon it by law. The act complained of in this connection is the defendant’s…
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