A History of the Northern Securities CaseUniveristy of Wisconsin, 1906 - 349 pages |
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... vote thereon The nature of these powers , with respect to the signs of indebtedness of other corporations , has caused the company to be commonly described as a holding company . 992 • This particular idea of a holding company antedates ...
... vote thereon The nature of these powers , with respect to the signs of indebtedness of other corporations , has caused the company to be commonly described as a holding company . 992 • This particular idea of a holding company antedates ...
Page 226
... voting trust may also be regarded as an antecedent of the modern holding company , and the causes which have produced the one are analogous to those which have produced the other . The pro- cess of metamorphosis between the voting trust ...
... voting trust may also be regarded as an antecedent of the modern holding company , and the causes which have produced the one are analogous to those which have produced the other . The pro- cess of metamorphosis between the voting trust ...
Page 230
Balthasar Henry Meyer. financial condition of the Northern Pacific and the dissolution of the voting trust planned for January 1 , 1901 , made the year 1900 propitious for the execution of the long cherished plans for an eastward ...
Balthasar Henry Meyer. financial condition of the Northern Pacific and the dissolution of the voting trust planned for January 1 , 1901 , made the year 1900 propitious for the execution of the long cherished plans for an eastward ...
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... vote under the conditions existing on May 9 , 1901. A postponement of the annual meeting from October till after ... voted , residing in the Northern Pacific Board of Directors , appears to have generated a conciliatory attitude on the ...
... vote under the conditions existing on May 9 , 1901. A postponement of the annual meeting from October till after ... voted , residing in the Northern Pacific Board of Directors , appears to have generated a conciliatory attitude on the ...
Page 259
... voting the stock of the defendant railway companies , and the railway companies from permitting the Northern Securities Company to vote their stock . The question in the govern- ment case and in the state case is whether the purchase by ...
... voting the stock of the defendant railway companies , and the railway companies from permitting the Northern Securities Company to vote their stock . The question in the govern- ment case and in the state case is whether the purchase by ...
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Page 284 - Commerce, undoubtedly, is traffic, but it is something more, — it is intercourse. It describes the commercial intercourse between nations, and parts of nations, in all its branches, and is regulated by prescribing rules for carrying on that intercourse.
Page 311 - Trimble, who, I am satisfied, are the persons named in and who executed the foregoing certificate; and I having first made known to them, and...
Page 225 - Jersey, or of any other state, territory or country; and, while owner of such stock, to exercise all the rights, powers and privileges of ownership, including the right to vote thereon.
Page 307 - ... Any corporation may purchase, hold, sell, assign, transfer, mortgage, pledge or otherwise dispose of the shares of the capital stock of, or any bonds, securities or evidences of indebtedness created by any other corporation or corporations of this or any other state, and while owner of such stock may exercise all the rights, powers and privileges of ownership, including the right to vote thereon.
Page 309 - Any officer elected or appointed by the Board of Directors may be removed at any time by the affirmative vote of a majority of the whole Board of Directors.
Page 287 - Great cases like hard cases make bad law. For great cases are called great, not by reason of their real importance in shaping the law of the future, but because of some accident of immediate overwhelming interest which appeals to the feelings and distorts the judgment.
Page 306 - County of Hudson. The name of the agent therein and in charge thereof, upon whom process against the corporation may be served, is Hudson Trust Company.
Page 310 - ... and to direct and determine the use and disposition of any surplus or net profits over and above the capital stock paid in; and in its discretion the board of directors may use and apply any such surplus or accumulated profits in purchasing or acquiring its bonds or other obligations, or shares of its own capital stock, to such extent and in such manner and upon such terms as the board of directors shall deem expedient...
Page 307 - To purchase, hold, sell, assign, transfer, mortgage, pledge or otherwise dispose of shares of the capital stock of any other corpora tion or corporations, association or associations, of the State of New Jersey, or of any other State.
Page 308 - Directors, may elect a successor to hold office for the unexpired portion of the term of the Director whose place shall be vacant, and until the election of a successor.