QUASI PUBLIC CORPORATION
\kwˈe͡ɪza͡ɪ pˈʌblɪk kˌɔːpəɹˈe͡ɪʃən], \kwˈeɪzaɪ pˈʌblɪk kˌɔːpəɹˈeɪʃən], \k_w_ˈeɪ_z_aɪ p_ˈʌ_b_l_ɪ_k k_ˌɔː_p_ə_ɹ_ˈeɪ_ʃ_ə_n]\
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This term is sometimes applied to corporations which are not strictly public, in the sense of being organized for governmental purposes, but whose operations contribute to the comfort, convenience, or welfare of the general public, such as telegraph and telephone companies, gas, water, and electric light companies, and irrigation companies. More commonly and more correctly styled "publicservice corporations." See Wiemer v. Louisville Water Co. (C. C.) 130 Fed. 251; Cumberland Tel. Co. v. Evansville (C. C.) 127 Fed. 1S7; McKiin v. Odom, 3 Bland (Md.) 419; Campbell v. Watson, 62 N. J. Eq. 396, 50 Atl. 120.
By Henry Campbell Black
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