Black River Improvement Co. v. Holway
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from the Circuit Court for La Crosse County. The complaint alleges, in effect, that the plaintiff is a corporation, existing and duly organized under and by virtue of cb. 84, P. & L. Laws of 1864, entitled “ An act to incorporate the Blaolc River Improvement Company, ” that since such organization such charter has been amended by ch. 447, P. & L. Laws of 1866, ch. 225, Laws of 1880, and ch. 263, Laws of 1882; that during 1864 more than 200 shares of the capital stock…
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APPEAL from the Circuit Court for La Crosse County. The complaint alleges, in effect, that the plaintiff is a corporation, existing and duly organized under and by virtue of cb. 84, P. & L. Laws of 1864, entitled “ An act to incorporate the Blaolc River Improvement Company, ” that since such organization such charter has been amended by ch. 447, P. & L. Laws of 1866, ch. 225, Laws of 1880, and ch. 263, Laws of 1882; that during 1864 more than 200 shares of the capital stock of said corporation were duly subscribed for and fully paid up, and all other requirements of said act and conditions…
1Opinion of the CourtCassoday, J.
The original charter of the company went into effect March 1, 1864, and, among other things, provided that it should be “ a body corporate and politic by the name and style of the Black River Improvement Company, and by that name shall have succession and continue for twenty-five years.” Sec. 1, ch. 84, P. & L. Laws of 1864. In the same act it is “declared that in the judgment of the legislature the objects of this corporation and this act cannot be obtained by or under any general laws.” Sec. 14. By the act which went into effect May 25, 1866, the first section of the original charter was…
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