Harriman v. First Bryan Baptist Church
Supreme Court of Georgia
Corporations. Ultra vires. Damages. Evidence. Contracts. Principal and agent. Before Judge Harden. City Court of Savannah. November Term, 1878. On June 20, 1878, the First Bryan Baptist Church, as a body corporate under the laws of Georgia, sued out an attachment against I. N. Harrirnan and I. W. Fellows for $650.00, returnable to the city court of Savannah.
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Corporations. Ultra vires. Damages. Evidence. Contracts. Principal and agent. Before Judge Harden. City Court of Savannah. November Term, 1878. On June 20, 1878, the First Bryan Baptist Church, as a body corporate under the laws of Georgia, sued out an attachment against I. N. Harrirnan and I. W. Fellows for $650.00, returnable to the city court of Savannah. A levy was made upon a steamboat-known as the City of Bridgeton, the property replevied by the defendants, and the papers returned to court. The declaration filed made, in brief, -this case: On May 25, 1878, the defendants, being the…
1Opinion of the Court
Bleckley, Justice.
1. Perhaps the most important question is as to the-power of the corporation to make the contract. “ A corporation is an artificial person created by law for specific-purposes, the limit of whose existence, powers and liabili- - ties is fixed by the act of incorporation, usually called its-charter.” Code, §1670. “ All corporations have the right to sue and be sued, to have and use a common seal, to make-by-laws, binding on their own members, not inconsistent with the laws of the state and of the United States, to-receive donations by gift or will, to purchase and hold such…
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