Legal Opinion
Grace v. Grace Institute
New York Court of Appeals
Decided April 6, 1967PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtKeating, J.
The Grace Institute was incorporated by an act of the Legislature (L. 1897, ch. 285) for the purpose of furnishing women and girls instruction in trades and occupations and in branches of domestic arts and science.
Three named members of the Grace family and their successors were constituted the body corporate. The corporation was granted “ all the powers and privileges and [was] subject to the liabilities of a corporation conferred by chapter thirty-five of the general laws known as the general corporation law.”
By virtue of section 3 of the incorporating statute all the powers and privileges…
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- Matter of KochNew York Court of Appeals · 1931
- Abberger v. KulpNew York Supreme Court · 1935
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