 | United States. Supreme Court - 1819 - 816 σελίδες
...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 of its creation... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - 1824 - 952 σελίδες
...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 σελίδες
...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 σελίδες
...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... | |
 | John Marshall - 1839 - 762 σελίδες
...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,...These are such as are supposed best calculated to effect the object for which it was created. Among the most important are immortality, and, if the expression... | |
 | Samuel Alfred Foot - 1839 - 112 σελίδες
...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 σελίδες
...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 σελίδες
...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 σελίδες
...the celebrated case of Dartmouth College v. Woodward : t " A corporation," says the Chief Justice, " is an artificial being, invisible, intangible, and...These are such as are supposed best calculated to effect the object for which it is created. Among the most important are immortality, and, if the expression... | |
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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... 
