 | 1843 - 530 strani
...corporation is considered an artificial being, existing only in contemplation of law ; and being a mere creature of law, it possesses only those properties...upon it, either expressly or as incidental to its very existence. Corporations created by statute must depend for their powers, and the mode of exercising... | |
 | 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,...upon it, either expressly, or as incidental to its very existence. These are such as are supposed best calculated to effect the object for which it was... | |
 | 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,...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 strani
...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... | |
 | Joseph Kinnicut Angell, Samuel Ames - 1846 - 872 strani
...the celebrated case of Dartmouth College v. Woodward : t " A corporation," says the Chief Justice, " is an artificial being, invisible, intangible, and...upon it, either expressly, or as incidental to its very existence. These are such as are supposed best calculated to effect the object for which it is... | |
 | 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
...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,... | |
 | Alabama. Supreme Court - 1878 - 738 strani
...name." In Dartmouth College v. Woodward, 4 Wheat. 636, Ch. J. MARSHALL said : "A corporation is au artificial being, invisible, intangible, and existing...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... | |
 | 1847 - 554 strani
...4 Wheat. 636, the same principle was again decided by the Court. " A corporation," said the Court, "is an 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... | |
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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... 
