Russell v. St. Louis, Southwestern Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Columbia Circuit Court. Citarles W. Smith, Judge. Foreign corporations may do business as the law directs. Const., art. 12, § 11; Sand. & H. Dig. § 6326; Acts 1889, 43, 46; 13 Pet., 519; 10 Iiow. 376; 28 Conn. 289. No particular form of words is essential to the creation of a corporation. Aug. & S., Corp., § 76; 22 Wend., 69; 73 Ala. 325; 25 S. E. 982. Foreign corporations for the purpose of jurisdiction are domestic. 41 S. E. 963; 161 TJ.
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Appeal from Columbia Circuit Court. Citarles W. Smith, Judge. Foreign corporations may do business as the law directs. Const., art. 12, § 11; Sand. & H. Dig. § 6326; Acts 1889, 43, 46; 13 Pet., 519; 10 Iiow. 376; 28 Conn. 289. No particular form of words is essential to the creation of a corporation. Aug. & S., Corp., § 76; 22 Wend., 69; 73 Ala. 325; 25 S. E. 982. Foreign corporations for the purpose of jurisdiction are domestic. 41 S. E. 963; 161 TJ. S. 545; 174 H. S. 552; 25 S. E. 982; 22'Neb. 628; 27 Neb. 699; 25 Neb. 156; 1 Black, 286; 51 Penn., 228; 118 H. S. 290; 136 U. S. 356. The…
1Opinion of the CourtBattle, J.
The St. Jjouis Southwestern Railway Company instituted proceedings in the Lafayette circuit court for the purpose of condemning certain lands of J. C. Russell and W. H. Russell for its use and benefit. It represented in its complaint that it was a railway corporation duly organized under the laws of this state; that its road crosses Red river, over which it maintains a valuable bridge; that the bank of Red river where it crosses the same is caving and washing away in such manner as to endanger the safety of the bridge, if it be not speedily arrested; that J. C. and W. H. Russell own a certain…
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