 | Alabama. Supreme Court - 1871 - 818 σελίδες
...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,... | |
 | Florida. Supreme Court - 1848 - 786 σελίδες
...territory for the franchise granted. Principles of law applicable to this and other corporations. i;It possesses only those properties which the charter...its creation confers upon it, either expressly, or as incidental to its very existence. These are such as are supposed best calculated to effect the object... | |
 | Georgia. Supreme Court - 1849 - 680 σελίδες
...the majority. [1.] A corporation, says Chief Justice Marshall, (in Dartmouth College os. Woodward,) is an artificial being, invisible, intangible, and...its creation confers upon it, either expressly, or as incidental to its very existence. These are such as are supposed best calculated to effect the object... | |
 | Louisiana. Supreme Court - 1849 - 814 σελίδες
...laid down is that, "a corporation, being the mere creature of the law, possesses only those powers which the charter of its creation confers upon it, either expressly, or ae incidental to it« very existence. These are euch a» г NEW ORLEANS, MARCH, 1343. 301 are supposed... | |
 | James Wynne - 1850 - 372 σελίδες
...being, invisible, intangible, and existing only in contemplation of law. Being the mere creature of law, it possesses only those properties which the...its creation confers upon it, either expressly, or as incidental to its very existence. These are such as are supposed best calculated to effect the object... | |
 | Michigan. Supreme Court, Randolph Manning, George C. Gibbs, Thomas McIntyre Cooley, Elijah W. Meddaugh, William Jennison, Hovey K. Clarke, Hoyt Post, Henry Allen Chaney, William Dudley Fuller, John Adams Brooks, Marquis B. Eaton, Herschel Bouton Lazell, James M. Reasoner, Richard W. Cooper - 1854 - 650 σελίδες
...being, invisible, intangible, and existing only m contemplation of law. Being the mere creature of law, it possesses only those properties which the...its creation confers upon it, either expressly or as incidental to its existence. These art Mtch as are supposed best calculated to effect the objects... | |
 | George Ticknor Curtis - 1854 - 674 σελίδες
...being, invisible, intangible, and existing only in the contemplation of law. Being the mere creature of law, it possesses only those properties which the...its creation confers upon it, either expressly, or as incidental to its existence. These are such as are supposed best calculated to effect the object... | |
 | John Bouvier - 1854 - 674 σελίδες
...the mere creature of law," says the late learned Chief Justice Marshall, in the case already cited, " it possesses only those properties which the charter...its creation confers upon it, either expressly or as incidental to its very existence. These are such as are supposed best calculated to effect the object... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - 1854 - 684 σελίδες
...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... | |
 | Connecticut. Supreme Court of Errors - 1887 - 664 σελίδες
...this contract the state gave it power to do. Being the mere creature of law, it possesses only tho&3 properties which the charter of its creation confers upon it, either expressly or as incidental to its very existence. MARSHALL, Ch. J., Dartmouth College v. WoodCredit Company r. Howe... | |
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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... 
