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 922 INDEX. References are to the Sections. CITIZENSHIP OF CORPORATIONS WITH RESPECT TO THE JURIS- DICTION OF THE FEDERAL COURTS, 410-413. classification of corporations, 22a, b, c, d, e, /. COKE'S VIEW OF A CORPORATION, 11-14. COLLATERAL ATTACKS ON FRANCHISES. See De Facto CORPO- RATION. COLLATERAL SECURITY, liability of person holding shares as, 741, 743. See Pledge of Shares. COMBINATION. See Monopolies, Consolidation. COMITY AMONG STATES, in regard to foreign corporations, 384-390. COMMERCE, power of Congress to regulate, 474ct-474d 485. COMMISSIONERS, subscriptions to shares received by, 91 and notje. COMMITTEES OF DIRECTORS, 261, note. powers and modes of acting, 234. COMMON CARRIER: of passengers, 347, 348. may make reasonable regulations, 348. as to tickets, 348. liability for baggage, 355. liability for negligence, 349-351. cannot stipulate against liability for negligence, 352-354. may stipulate against liability for fire, 351. limitations on liability for goods, 356. assent of shipper to limitations of liability, 358, 359. implied from accepting bill of lading, 358, 359. effect of notices to passengers and shippers, 359. when liability begins and ceases, 360. misdelivery a conversion, 360. should give notice to consignee of arrival of goods, 360. liability for delay in transportation, 361. for wrong delivery, 360. measure of damages, 361. for losses on connecting lines, 354, 362-364. not charged with notice of contents of packages, 369. See Railroad Companies, Torts. state may compel to perform their functions, 454, 455. COMMON LAW NOTION OF A CORPORATION, 10-22. relation of the common to the Roman law, 10. Coke's idea of a corporation, 11-13. Blackstone's idea of a corporation, 14, 15. perpetual succession, 16. capacity to sue and use a corporate seal, 17. capacity to hold lands, 18. capacity to make by-laws, 19. dissolution, 20. doctrine that a corporation is a person, 21, 22. COMPENSATION: for crossing railroad tracks, 163u.