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Those which can be fairly inferred from the express powers and Jurisdiction under the Civil Procedure, persons eligible to receive
fall under 5 classification to wit: service of summons for a domestic juridical entity are now limited
a.acts in the usual course of business to the
b.acts to protect debts owing to the corporation President
c.embarking in different business Managing Partner
d.acts to aid employees General Manager
e.acts to increase business Corporate Secretary
Treasurer
In-house counsel
3.Incidental
2006 notes: The requirement that the petitioner should sign the
Powers inherent in all corporations as legal entities such as certificate of non-forum shopping applies even to corporations that
perpetual succession. the mandatory directives of the circular and the Rules of Court
make no distinction between natural and juridical persons.
Torts
Crimes
4.sale/disposition of all or sublstantially all of corp assets Equipment Bonds are secured by specific equipment of the issuer
(appraisal right is also applicable) such as its buses,cars,trucks,locomotives and similar properties.
5.investment of fund for purposes different from those stated in the Bond v Shares of stock
articles of incorporation
Govern by Civil code Corporation code
6.investment in another corporation or business (appraisal right is Since it is a mutuum
applicable)
Interest is paid Dividends is paid
7.stock dividend declaration (no qualified notice)
Interest paid on bond Surplus profit must exist
8.execution of management contracts Whether corp has profit or before payment
non
9.delegation of board of directors of power to amend the by-laws
or adopt new by-laws Interest is fixed dividend depends on profit
2006 notes: in delegation, there is qualified notice, but in
amendment of by-laws,qualified notice do not exist. Creditor gets his money back stockholder waits for dissolution
2006 notes:revocation of delegation do not require a qualified On a specific period and after all creditors are paid
notice.
No right to participate has right to participate
10.other amendments to the articles of incorporation In management
11.ratification of certain corporate contracts with a director or
officer IN ACQUIRING OWN SHARE, ONLY THE BOARD
12.ratificaiton of acquisition of business opportunity by a director ACTION BY MAJORITY VOTE IS NEEDED
or officer --and only when there is unrestricted retained earnings.
13.approval of merger or consolidation(appraisal right exist) if it buys back its own shares, it is not decreasing, since the
2006 notes: every amendment or change in plan of merger needs corporation is using the unrestricted retained earningshowever,
vote of 2/3 after you redeem, then you retire it so capital is reduced , however
the reduction is limited so as to protect the right of creditors
14.removal of directors --in reissued treasury shares, the stockholders has no right to such
15.voluntary dissolution of corporation except when it is a close corporations.
SPECIAL CORPORATE POWERS SPECIAL LIMITATIONS ON CORPORATE POWERS
c.written notice of the proposed investment and the time and place
of the meeting shall be addressed to each stockholder or member
at his place of residence.
Acts done by a corporation outside of the express or implied A corporate officer entrusted with the general management and
powers vested in it by its charter and by the law. (Ex: merchandise control of its business has implied authority to make any contract
corp engaging in buying and selling of real estate) or do any other act which is necessary to the conduct of the
ordinary business of the corporation.
-- he may without special authority from the board of directors
perform all acts of an ordinary nature which by usage or necessity
are incident to his office and may bind the corporation by contracts
in matters arisng in the usual course of business.
2.wholly executed ultra vires contract on both sides will not be set
aside nor interfered with by the courts
(BAR) X,a domestic corp, owns and operates a sugar central. In
3.in ultra vires contracts executed by one party but executory on 1965,President invested P1M of company funds in shares of A, a
the other, recovery may be had under the principle of unjust domestic corporation engage in the manufacture of sugar bags out
enrichment. of bagasse as basic raw materials. X became the biggest consumer
of the bags produced by A. In 1967, A shut down its operation due
to high cost of production and huge losses already suffered.
2005 notes: contracts ultra vires entered into by board of directors Stockholder B of X Corp assailed the investment as violative of
are binding upon the corporation and courts will not interfere Corporation law.
unless such contracts are so oppressive and unconscionable as to Board of Directors of X then met and ratified the investment made
amount to a wanton destruction of the rights of the minority. by the President.
It also bears emphasizing that when third persons knows that agent
was acting beyond his authority, the prinicipal cannot be held
liable for the acts of the agent . If said third person is aware of
such ,he is to blame and is not entitled to recover damages from the
agent unless the latter undertook to secure the principals
ratification.
CONFLICT OF INTEREST 1.(BAR) L is the chairman and President while R is a director of
NT Corp. On one occasion, NT represented by L and A Enterprise,
a single proprietorship owned by R entered into a dealership
Section 32. A contract between a corporation and (one of its agreement whereby NT appointed A Enterprise as exclusive
directors or trustees or) its officers is voidable at the option of distributor of its products in Northern Luzon.
such corporation, unless all the following (4) conditions are
satisfied/ present: HELD: Dealership agreement is voidable at option of NT
inasmuch as the facts do not indicate that the same was approved
1.That the presence of such director or trustee in the board meeting by the Board of NT before it was signed or assuming such
in which the contract was approved was not necessary to constitute approval that it was approved under the ff conditions:
a quorum for such meeting;
a.presence of R, the owner of A, in the meeting of the Board at
2.That the vote of such director or trustee was nor necessary for the which the agreement was approved was not necessary to constitute
approval of the contract; a quorum for such meeting
3.That the contract is fair and reasonable under the circumstances; b.vote of R was not necessary for the approval of the agreement
and c.agreement is fair and reasonable under the circumstances (NCC)