Watts v. Loomis
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Macon Circuit Court.—IIon. Andrew Ellison, J udge. The deed from the Central Coal & Mining Company to Tompkins, did not convey the title of the company. It had no corporate seal. Corporations, in such cases, can only act and speak by their common seal. Angelí & Ames on Corp., (8 Ed.) § 216; Sanford v. Tramlett, 42 Mo. 388. The statute requires the corporate seal.
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Appeal from Macon Circuit Court.—IIon. Andrew Ellison, J udge. The deed from the Central Coal & Mining Company to Tompkins, did not convey the title of the company. It had no corporate seal. Corporations, in such cases, can only act and speak by their common seal. Angelí & Ames on Corp., (8 Ed.) § 216; Sanford v. Tramlett, 42 Mo. 388. The statute requires the corporate seal. Gen. St., p. 444, § 5, and p. 329, § 18; Railroad Co. v. St. Louis, 66 Mo. 247; Shewalter v. Rimer, 55 Mo. 229; Hatch v. Barr, 1 Ohio 390; Brinley v. Mann, 2 Cush. 337; Bank v. G-uttschlink, 14 Peters (H. S.) 30; Angelí &…
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Ewing, C.
Plaintiffs are husband and wife, the wile, ■ *238claiming title to the land on which the tresspass is alleged tt> have been committed, and plaintiffs being in possession-They sue defendants for trespass in entering upon their land and mining and converting a large quantity of coal.
The defendants answered, setting up title in Bartlett and Thayer, and that defendants were their tenants, and as such in actual possession of the land since 1879, and mining and taking off' the coal. That Bartlett and Thayer, and those under whom they claimed, had been in actual possession for more than ten…
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