Union Pacific R. v. Convers
Supreme Court of Kansas
Error from Wyandotte County. The evidence and facts of tile case sufficiently appear in the opinion of the court. contended : 1. Corporations must act "by agents duly constituted. {Ang. & Ames' s Cor., §276; Story Agency, % 16.) The power of appointing such agents belongs to the coz’poration, unless the charter defines a different method. {Angel, §277.) The charter method must he pursued.
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Error from Wyandotte County. The evidence and facts of tile case sufficiently appear in the opinion of the court. contended : 1. Corporations must act "by agents duly constituted. {Ang. & Ames' s Cor., §276; Story Agency, % 16.) The power of appointing such agents belongs to the coz’poration, unless the charter defines a different method. {Angel, §277.) The charter method must he pursued. Id., §277. 2. By the charter of plaintiffs, this power is vested in the board of directors {Char. W. Leart. & Pawnee B. B. Co., §5), and should be by vote or resolution. {Angel, §283; Randall v. Vanrechton,…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court,
Safford, J.
This case was tried by the district court of Wyandotte county, without the intervention of a jury, and by consent of parties.
There was a general finding by the court, and an assessment of' damages in favor of the defendant in error.
The plaintiffs in error and defendants below moved for a new trial, which was refused, and judgment rendered in accordance with the general finding and assessment of damages. To the overruling of the motion for a new trial and the findings and judgment of the court, the defendants "below duly excepted, and firing the case here for review.…
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