Mound City Land & Stock Co. v. Miller
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Holt Circuit Court. — Eon. Gallatin Craig, Judge. (1) The badges of private corporations are: (a) Formed by voluntary association, tbe court may exclude some lands, but tbe limits are fixed by tbe signers of tbe articles; no inquiry as to practicability; (b) Corporators, sbarebolders, property, votes, not men; (c) Limited as to time, public corporations perpetual; (d) Divested of all state and county supervision, not a political subdivision of tbe State.
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Appeal from Holt Circuit Court. — Eon. Gallatin Craig, Judge. (1) The badges of private corporations are: (a) Formed by voluntary association, tbe court may exclude some lands, but tbe limits are fixed by tbe signers of tbe articles; no inquiry as to practicability; (b) Corporators, sbarebolders, property, votes, not men; (c) Limited as to time, public corporations perpetual; (d) Divested of all state and county supervision, not a political subdivision of tbe State. Tbe county court tbe proper guardian of county affairs; no control here; (e) By forming little independent districts would lead…
1Opinion of the CourtMarshall, J.
This is a proceeding, under sections 6517 et seq., Revised Statutes, 1889 (being now sees. 8251 et seq., R. S. 1899), to have incorporated “Squaw Creek Drainage District No. 1,” in Holt county. The proceeding was instituted in the circuit court of Holt county, on July 2, 1899, by the filing of articles of association and a petition for incorporation, by a majority of the resident owners of a contiguous body of swamp and overflowed lands, embracing an area in excess of six hundred and forty acres, to-wit, of about twenty-three thousand acres. The petition conforms to the requirement of the…
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