Word: partnership
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...noticed at the outset that these are in no sense reasons for adopting the particular plan for incorporation submitted by the majority of the Directors. But let us examine how weighty they are. The Society is a partnership, the direct management of the affairs of which is placed in the hands of a Board of Directors, chosen from the Faculty and students by the members of the Society. As such it has become a strong business institution, possessing a large capital, doing a cash business of the most stable character, and enjoying the unlimited confidence of the business men with...
...service of the students. Obviously, too, they must not be exposed to risk of personal loss as a result of their disinterested service to their colleagues and the student body, and hence they must be in the position of stockholders of a corporation and not mere managers of a partnership...
Perhaps the present loose partnership is offensive to a legal mind, but perfection is seldom found on earth, even in a University Faculty, much less in a more business organization. One of the defects alleged against the present system by the majority directors is the difficulty of signing leases, yet they forget to mention the number of leases they deal in daily. If they mean a lease of a larger building, which they have already decided against, I can refer them to a reputable real estate broker of Cambridge who told me today that he would be willing to sign...
...Property II, 192 Contracts II, 21 Corporations, 153 Agency, 148 Equity III, 207 Bills and Notes, 129 Suretyship, 65 Contracts I, 256 Insurance, 63 Sales, 169 Property III, 57 Evidence, 191 Bankruptcy, 45 Admiralty, 27 Persons, 25 Damages, 16 Conflict of Laws, 49 Trusts, 200 Torts, 259 Pleading, 264 Partnership, 22 Criminal Law, 251 Property I, 261 --- Total...
Since his graduation from the Law School, Mr. Garrison has been with the law firm of Gould and Wilkie, New York, and was taken into partnership with them a few years ago. He attained with them a few years ago. He attained distinction in his profession, and was one of the most promising young lawyers in New York. He still kept up his literary work by writing for the magazines, having his last article in the September Cosmopolitan...