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02 West Coast Life Insurance Vs Hurd
02 West Coast Life Insurance Vs Hurd
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WEST COAST LIFE INSURANCE Co., plaintiff, vs. GEO.
N. HURD, Judge of Court of First Instance, defendant.
1. CORPORATIONS CRIMINAL PROSECUTIONS.There
is no provision in the law relating to practice and
procedure in criminal actions whereby a corporation, as
such, may be proceeded against criminally and brought
into court.
2. COURTS JURISDICTION AND POWERS.The courts
of the Philippine Islands have no powers except those
conferred by statute and those implied powers which are
necessary to make the express powers effective.
3. ID. ID.The courts of the Philippine Islands have no
common law jurisdiction, and, even if they have powers
derived from native sources which are not expressly or
impliedly conferred by statute, there is not included
among them that of creating a process and procedure by
which a corporation, as such, may be proceeded against in
a criminal action.
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" 'First. For some time past various rumors are current to the
effect that the Insular Life Insurance Company is not in as good a
condition as it should be at the present time, and that really it is
in bad shape. Nevertheless, the investigations made by the
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