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Adverse Possession-Possession By Church Corporation
Adverse Possession-Possession By Church Corporation
Michigan Law Review
This was an action in ejectment. The defendant, a church corporation, claimed title to the land in question, which adjoined the church, by virtue of adverse possession. Held, that the rule that a corporation can show possession only by proving formal corporate acts is inapplicable to a church organization, members of which constitute the corporation, and that the acts of the members of the church in using this property to park cars on, for social purposes, etc., were, in effect, corporate acts of the church so as to vest title in that organization. Davy v. Trustees of Protestant Episcopal …
Corporations-Tax Upon Extension Or Renewal Of Corporate Term
Corporations-Tax Upon Extension Or Renewal Of Corporate Term
Michigan Law Review
Plaintiff, its period of corporate existence expiring in May, 1929, proceeded to extend its life, as provided by law, for another 30 years. The general corporation statute required a corporation, upon filing its annual report, to pay a privilege fee for exercising its franchises. It provided, however, that if the corporation was organized in the instant year between January 1 and August 31, it need pay only a filing fee and a privilege fee of ten dollars. By amendment in 1929, it was declared that a corporation seeking extension of corporate existence "should be regarded as a new corporation for …