State ex rel. Attorney-General v. Société Républicaine de Secours aux Emigrés Francais Victimes de la Guerre
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from the St. Louis Circuit Court, Thayer, J. Where the corporation does, or suffers to be done, that which has the effect to destroy the object for which it is created, this is equivalent to a surrender of its corporate franchise. — Moore v. Whitcomb, 48 Mo. 547; State Savings Instn. v. Kellogg, 52 Mo. 588. A single act of violation justifies a decree of forfeiture. — New Haven v. Banh, 31 Conn. 106. Illustrations. — The Commonwealth v. Banh; 28 Pa.
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Appeal from the St. Louis Circuit Court, Thayer, J. Where the corporation does, or suffers to be done, that which has the effect to destroy the object for which it is created, this is equivalent to a surrender of its corporate franchise. — Moore v. Whitcomb, 48 Mo. 547; State Savings Instn. v. Kellogg, 52 Mo. 588. A single act of violation justifies a decree of forfeiture. — New Haven v. Banh, 31 Conn. 106. Illustrations. — The Commonwealth v. Banh; 28 Pa. St. 389 ; President v. The Stale, 19 Md. 295 ; The State v. Railroad, .24 Texas, 130. Not every non-user is a ground for forfeiture. — 4…
1Opinion of the Court
Bakewell, J.,
delivered, the opinion of the court.
This is a proceeding in the nature of quo warranto, the object of which is to forfeit the corporate franchise of defendant for non-user. The daté of the information is .December 12, 1877. The date of the incorporation of defendant is June 22, 1874. It appears from the charter of defendant that the object of the organization is to create a fund to assist emigrants from the French departments devastated in the Prussian war, especially, from the territory surrendered to the Prussians, and also to help persecuted republicans. All Frenchmen and…
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