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... Harvard Law Review - Seite 931903Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| 1885 - 916 Seiten
...(CONST., §§ 2099-2117), this court says: "A corporation is an artificial being, invisible, intangibly and existing only in contemplation of law. Being the...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... | |
| Henry Edwin Dwight - 1885 - 334 Seiten
...Domat's Civil Law (folio edition), vol. 1st, Book 1 Tit. 11, " of usufruct," s. 2, pl. 3 & 4, p. 197. A corporation is an artificial being, invisible, intangible,...possesses only those properties which the charter of its incorporation confers upon it, either expressly or as incidental to its very existence. Dartmouth College... | |
| 1885 - 896 Seiten
...Company had no power to make the trust deed in question. I recognize the rule that a corporation " possesses only those properties which the charter...its creation confers upon it, either expressly or as incident to its very existence." Head v. Providence Ins. Co., 2 Cranch, 127 (CORPORATIONS, §§ 1046-48);... | |
| West Virginia. Supreme Court of Appeals, Edgar P. Rucker - 1885 - 940 Seiten
...Justice Marshall in Dartmouth CoUsye v. Woodworth 4 Wheat. (526 thus describes such artificial person : "A corporation is an artificial being, invisible, intangible, and existing only in contemplation oi law. Iieing a mere creation of the law, it possesses only those properties which the charter of... | |
| Horace Gay Wood - 1885 - 756 Seiten
...Chief- Justice MARSHALL, in a leading case upon this brandi of the law, says: " A corporal ion is un artificial being, invisible, intangible, and existing only in contemplation of law. Being a mere creature of the law, it possesses only those properties which the charter of its creation confers... | |
| 1893 - 1176 Seiten
...personality distinct from that of ItH members. As denned by Chief Justice Marshall, "a corporation ts an artificial being, invisible, intangible and existing only in contemplation of law." "Among the most Important [of its attributes] are Immortality, and, if the expression may be allowed,... | |
| Isaac Grant Thompson - 1885 - 912 Seiten
...responsibility. " There are not wanting authorities taking the like distinction, affirming that as a corporation " is an artificial being, invisible, intangible, and existing only in the contemplation of law," to which the law cannot impart animus, passion, or moral quality; which... | |
| Bar Association of the State of Kansas - 1890 - 480 Seiten
...80 Wall. 6«S. ; Marshall's definition of a corporation in the Dartmouth College caee was that " It is an artificial being, invisible, intangible, and...its very existence. These are such as are supposed beet calculated to effect the object for which it wa§ created. Among the most important are immortality,... | |
| Illinois. Supreme Court - 1886 - 828 Seiten
...(Dillon on Mun. Corp. sec. 9.) Chief Justice MARSHALL'S description of a corporation is in these words: "A corporation is an artificial being, invisible,...in contemplation of law. Being the mere creature of the law, it possesses only those properties which the charter of its creation confers upon it, either... | |
| Henry Morrison Herman - 1886 - 952 Seiten
...AS APPLIED TO CORPORATIONS. SECTION 1165. A corporation, in the language of Chief Justice Marshall, is " an artificial being, invisible, intangible, and...in contemplation of law. Being the mere creature of the law, it possesses only those properties which the charter of its creation confers upon it, either... | |
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