| United States. Supreme Court - 1819 - 816 strani
...18i9. the act of incorporation ? Let this subject be -*"^^v"^fc' dered. Dartmouth . . . . ... College A corporation is an artificial being, invisible, intangible, and existing only in contemplation of b. Being the mere creature of law, it possesses oaly those properties which the charter... | |
| John Marshall - 1839 - 762 strani
...members of the civil government. Is it from the act of incorporation ? Let this subject be considered. 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... | |
| Samuel Alfred Foot - 1839 - 112 strani
...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, and existing only in contemplation of law. Being the mere creature of law, it possesses only those properties which the... | |
| 1846 - 632 strani
...which are entitled to more weight. We are informed that a corporation possesses only those powers or properties which the charter of its creation confers upon it, either expressly, oras incidental to its very existence. — Dartmouth College vs. Woodward. The incidental or implied... | |
| New York (State). Supreme Court, John Lansing Wendell - 1847 - 704 strani
...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. Among the most important are immortality, and, if the expression may be allowed, individuality ; properties,... | |
| Alabama. Supreme Court - 1871 - 818 strani
...misfeasance or nonfeasance, or from a failure to perform such contracts as it is authorized to make. " Beiag the mere creature of the law, it possesses only those properties which the character of its charter confers upon it expressly, or as incidental to its Very existence." — Marshall,... | |
| Georgia. Supreme Court - 1849 - 680 strani
...misrepresentations of the promisee, is not a good defence. Ibid. See Equity, 12. Surety, 2. CORPORATIONS. 1. A corporation is an artificial being — invisible, intangible, and existing only in contemplation of law. Being the creature of the law, it possesses only those properties which the charter... | |
| James Wynne - 1850 - 372 strani
...College, in which the following lucid exposition of that abstract phenomenon, a corporation, is given : "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... | |
| George Ticknor Curtis - 1854 - 674 strani
...members of the civil government. Is it from the act of incorporation ? Let this subject be considered. A corporation is an artificial being, invisible, intangible,...the 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,... | |
| United States. Supreme Court - 1854 - 684 strani
...considered an artificial being, existing only in contemplation of law; and being a mere creature of law, it possesses only those properties which the charter of its creation confers upon it, eithc' expressly, or as incidental to its very existence. Corporations created by statute must depend... | |
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