...ib.; 2 Kent, it75 ; Ang. & A. Corp. §§ 18, 71. That the Siate may authorize the counties so created to sue and be sued, to contract and be contracted with, and to levy taxes on the people of the county and on their property, is equally undisputed.— Rev. Code,...

...with power, in the manner hereinafter provided, to appoint successors to fill vacancies, the right to sue and be sued, to contract and be contracted with, and to make and use a common seal, and to alter the same at pleasure; and may acquire, have, hold, possess,...

...association or number of persons a Corporation or body politic and corporate, vest in the Corporation power to sue and be sued — to contract and be contracted with in their corporate name — to have a common seal, and to alter and change the same at their pleasure...

...they are hereby created a body corporate and politic, under the name and style of the " Llano Mining Company ;" with power to sue and be sued ; to contract and be contracted with ; to graut, receive, purchase and hold real ai;d personal estate ; to borrow money and contract debts...

...Cunningham, wife ot Washington L. Cunningham, of Elmore county, be, and she is hereby declared a free-dealer, with power to sue and be sued, to contract and be contracted with, and in all things to carry on an'i transact business as though she were a femme sole. Approved, March 9,...

...hereby, made a body-politic and corporate, under the name and style of the town of Frenchburg, with full power to sue and be sued, to contract and be contracted with, and to do and perform all Midi acts and things, either in law or equity, as bodies corporate may rightfully...

...vacancies occurring in the same by removal, death, or expiration of term of office, and shall have power to sue and be sued, to contract and be contracted with, to make and use a common seal, and to alter the same at pleasure, to buy and sell, and to take and...

...regard to townships is incorporated in this Article, that they, too, shall be bodies corporate, with the power to sue and be sued, to contract and be contracted with, in their corporate name; and that all suits and proceedings, by or against them, shall be in the name...

...enlarge • mem of those methods. But in 1889, section 68G4 was enacted giving to married women the right to sue and be sued, to contract and be contracted with, and to bind themselves and their property by their contracts. This was exactly what was prohibited by the...

...Association or number of persons a Corporation or Body Politic and Corporate, vest in the Corporation power to sue and be sued — to contract and be contracted with in their corporate name — to have a common seal, and to alter and change the same at their pleasure...