 A corporation is an artificial being, invisible, intangible, and existing only in contemplation of law. Being the mere creature of law, it possesses only those properties which the' charter of its creation confers upon it, either expressly or as incidental...  Cases on American Constitutional Law - Страница 421написао/ла Lawrence Boyd Evans - 1898 - 678 страницаПуни преглед - О овој књизи
 | Ohio. General Assembly. Joint Committee on the Communication of the Auditor of State - 1821 - 76 страница
...to be instituted. " A corporation," says chief justice Marshal), id the case of Dartmouth College, " is an artificial "being; invisible, intangible, and...such as are supposed best calculated " to effect the objects for which it was created. " Among the most important, are immortality, and, **if the expression... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - 1824 - 952 страница
...better answer cannot be given, than that contained in the definition of a corporation by this Court: " A corporation is an artificial being, invisible, intangible,...upon it, either expressly, or as incidental to its existence. These are such as are supposed best calculated to effect the object for which'it was created.... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - 1824 - 990 страница
...without it, it cannot exist. For we must here repeat, that this Court have said, that a corporation " possesses only those properties which the charter...expressly, or as incidental to its very existence."" This position involves several inquiries, which may be embraced in an examination of the reasons assigned... | |
 | 1843 - 530 страница
...corporation is considered an artificial being, existing only in contemplation of law ; and being a mere creature of law, it possesses only those properties...expressly or as incidental to its very existence. Corporations created by statute must depend for their powers, and the mode of exercising them, upon... | |
 | Samuel Alfred Foot - 1839 - 112 страница
...on the principles and true nature of things, speaks of this feature of a corporation in this way : " A corporation is an artificial being, invisible, intangible,...which the charter of its creation confers upon it. * . * * Among the most important are immortality, and, if the expression may be allowed, individuality;... | |
 | John Bouvier - 1843 - 752 страница
...Dartmouth College against Woodward, 4 Wheat. Rep. 636, Chief Justice Marshall describes a corporation to be "an artificial being, invisible, intangible and existing...contemplation of law. Being the mere creature of law," continues the judge, " it possesses only those properties which the charter of its creation confers... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - 1844 - 800 страница
...assert no new principle. In t ic case of Dartmouth College f. Woodward^ 4 Wheat. 636, this court says, " a corporation is an artificial being, invisible, intangible,...incidental to its very existence. These are such as were supposed best calculated to effect the object for which it was created. Among the most important... | |
 | Joseph Kinnicut Angell, Samuel Ames - 1846 - 872 страница
...the celebrated case of Dartmouth College v. Woodward : t " A corporation," says the Chief Justice, " is an artificial being, invisible, intangible, and...best calculated to effect the object for which it is created. Among the most important are immortality, and, if the expression may be allowed, individuality;... | |
 | New York (State). Supreme Court, John Lansing Wendell - 1847 - 704 страница
...nature of things, speaks of lhis feature of a corporation in this way : " A corporation is an ariificial being, invisible, intangible, and existing only in...which the charter of its creation confers upon it. Among the most important are immortality, and, if the expression may be allowed, individuality ; properties,... | |
 | 1847 - 554 страница
...being, invisible, intangible, and existing only in contemplation of law. Being a mere creature of the law, it possesses only those properties which the...expressly, or as incidental to its very existence." And in the case of the Bank of the United States vs. Dandridge, 12 Wheat. 64, where the questions in... | |
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