GENERAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION v. HOBSON

No. 2959.

23 F.2d 349 (1927)

GENERAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION OF CALIFORNIA v. HOBSON et al.

District Court, S. D. California, S. D.

December 1, 1927.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Faries & Williamson, of Los Angeles, Cal., for plaintiff.

Clarke & Bowker, of Los Angeles, Cal., for defendants.


NETERER, District Judge (after stating the facts as above).

The powers of a corporation are fixed by its charter under authority of law. The exercise of the right of eminent domain is not an implied power of a corporation. A bank may not engage in the oil business without charter authority, nor may an oil company engage in the business of banking, unless authorized by its charter, nor may either exercise the right of eminent domain unless so authorized, and for a...

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