Provisions
X.4 of 1939 • Corporations; definition; right to sue and be sued.
APPROVED
The Text
The term corporations as used in this section, and in sections 1, 2 and 3 of 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 corporations 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 1939
• In Article X: Corporations
• Has 68 words
• Was proposed by the Constitutional Convention
• Went to NYS voters as proposed amendment 1 of 1938
• Changed the text of a previously existing provision
• Amends or builds on:
◦ 1895-VIII.3
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