Provisions
VIII.3 of 1895 • "Corporations" defined.
APPROVED
The Text
The term corporations, as used in this article, shall be construed to include all associations and joint-stock companies having any of the powers or privileges of corporations not possessed by individuals or partnerships. And all corporation shall have the right to sue and shall be subject to be sued in all courts in like cases as natural persons.
A Few Facts
• Joined the Constitution in 1895
• In Article VIII: Corporations and Charities
• Has 58 words
• Was proposed by the Constitutional Convention
• Went to NYS voters as proposed amendment 1 of 1894
• Re-upped the text of a previously existing provision
• Amends or builds on:
◦ 1847-VIII.3
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