Section 62-2-4 - General powers.
62-2-4. [General powers.]
When articles of incorporation shall have been executed, acknowledged and filed, as herein required, the persons therein named shall, with their associates and successors, be deemed a body politic and corporate, by the name stated in such articles, for and during the period named therein, and shall have power to sue and be sued, in any court; to adopt and use a common seal and alter the same at pleasure; to purchase, acquire, hold, sell, mortgage and convey such real and personal estate as such corporation may require to successfully carry on and transact the objects for which it was formed; to appoint such officers, agents and servants as the business of the corporation may require, and exact of them such security as may be thought proper, and remove them at will; except, no director shall be removed from office unless by a two-third vote of the whole number of directors; and to adopt bylaws, not inconsistent with the laws of this state for the organization of the company, the management of its business and property, the regulation of its affairs, the transfer of its stock and for carrying on all kinds of business within the objects and purposes of the corporation.