Mokelumne Hill Canal & Mining Co. v. Woodbury

It is alleged in the complaint that the plaintiff is a corporation^ and this allegation being denied in the answer, the case was tried in the Court below upon that issue alone. The plaintiff dates its-corporate existence as far back as 1852, and claims to have been.' duly and regularly incorporated under the general Act of 1850-, *426providing for the formation of corporations for manufacturing, mining, mechanical, and chemical, purposes. Section 122 of that Act provides that any three or more persons, who may desire to form a company for either of these purposes, “may make, sign, and…