 | 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... | |
 | Ohio. General Assembly. Joint Committee on the Communication of the Auditor of State - 1821 - 76 σελίδες
...to be instituted. " A corporation," says chief justice Marshal), id the case of Dartmouth College, " is an artificial "being; invisible, intangible, and...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... | |
 | 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,...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... | |
 | 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,...Being the mere creature of law, it possesses only those properties which the charter of its creation confers upon it. * . * * Among the most important... | |
 | 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,...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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 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...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... | |
 | New York (State). Supreme Court, John Lansing Wendell - 1847 - 704 σελίδες
...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...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,... | |
 | Alabama. Supreme Court - 1878 - 738 σελίδες
...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 σελίδες
...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... 
