| New Jersey. Court of Chancery - 1880 - 942 sidor
...far, at least, as they create rights in favor of third persons. . 3. A de facto officer is one who has the reputation of being the officer he assumes to be, and yet is not a good officer in point of law. 4. It is no defence to a suit brought by the de facto officers of a corporation that they were not... | |
| Samuel A. Wells - 1830 - 876 sidor
...and sufficient to effectuate their conveyance ficer de facto is one who has the reputation of being he assumes to be, and yet is not a good officer in po 1 Ld. Raym. 6OO. In tiiis case, Gotobed was never deputy ; and therefore, after the death of his... | |
| Alabama. Supreme Court - 1845 - 1058 sidor
...Wilson, et al, 2 N. Hamp. Rep. 202.] " An officer de facto," says Lord Ellenborough, " is one who has the reputation of being the officer he assumes to...be, and yet is not a good officer in point of law." The acts of a steward de facto, he concludes, are good, because the suitors cannot examine his title... | |
| Georgia. Supreme Court - 1883 - 846 sidor
...public and third persons having an interest in them are concerned. A de facto officer is one who has the reputation of being the officer he assumes to be, and yet is not a good officer in law. 20 Ga., 746; 336. Vacancies of bailiffs are filled by appointment of the magistrate when from... | |
| Michigan. Supreme Court, Randolph Manning, George C. Gibbs, Thomas McIntyre Cooley, Elijah W. Meddaugh, William Jennison, Hovey K. Clarke, Hoyt Post, Henry Allen Chaney, William Dudley Fuller, John Adams Brooks, Marquis B. Eaton, Herschel Bouton Lazell, James M. Reasoner, Richard W. Cooper - 1892 - 742 sidor
...right in fact." Cooley, Const. Lim. (6th ed.) p. 750. Lord Ellenborough's definition is: "One who has the reputation of being the officer he assumes to...be, and yet is not a good officer in point of law." King v. Bedford Level, 6 East, 356. It cannot be said that Fridlender performed the duties of that... | |
| Michigan. Supreme Court, Randolph Manning, George C. Gibbs, Thomas McIntyre Cooley, Elijah W. Meddaugh, William Jennison, Hovey K. Clarke, Hoyt Post, Henry Allen Chaney, William Dudley Fuller, John Adams Brooks, Marquis B. Eaton, Herschel Bouton Lazell, James M. Reasoner, Richard W. Cooper - 1892 - 830 sidor
...in ordering an election. An officer de facto was defined by Lord Ellenborough to be — "One who has the reputation of being the officer he assumes to...be, and yet is not a good officer in point of law." • The very action of the council in the present case was predicated upon the existence of vacancies... | |
| Georgia. Supreme Court - 1857 - 972 sidor
...collaterally impeached in a proceeding to which he is not a party. [4.] An officer dc facto is one who has the reputation of being the officer he assumes to be, and yet is not a good officer in point of law ; one who acts by color of an appointment, but is not in all respects legally qualified. [5.] A Justice... | |
| United States. Congress. House - 1858 - 820 sidor
...Corporation of Bedford Level, (6 East., 356, citing Ld. Ray in. 660,) that an officer de facto is one who has the reputation of being the officer he assumes to be, and yet is not a good officer in point of law. It is a general rule in relation to public officers, that they may establish their official character... | |
| United States. Congress. House - 1858 - 820 sidor
...Corporation of Bedford Level, (6 East., 356, citing Ld. Raym. 660,) that an officer de facto is one who has the reputation of being the officer he assumes to be, and yet is not a good officer in point of law. It is a general rule in relation to public officers, that they may estahblish their official character... | |
| Illinois. Supreme Court - 1910 - 710 sidor
...Lord Ellenborough, in King v. Bedford Level, 6 East, 356, denned a de facto officer to be "one who has the reputation of being the officer he assumes to be and yet not a good officer in point of law." This definition, it will be noted, omits the necessity for color... | |
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