 | California. Legislature. Assembly - 1855 - 956 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 properties," continues he, " enable a corporation to manage... | |
 | John Cleaveland - 1857 - 452 σελίδες
...being, invisible, intangible, and existing only in contemplation of Inw. 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... | |
 | Richard Peters - 1860 - 836 σελίδες
...4 Wheat. 316 ; 4 Cond. Rep. 466. 12. À corporation is an artificial being, intangible, invisible, and existing only in contemplation of law. Being 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... | |
 | Daniel Gardner - 1860 - 740 σελίδες
...in contemplation of law ; that its powers are those declared by the statutes creating it, and that it possesses only those properties which the charter...its creation confers upon it, either expressly, or as incidental to its very existence. That a corporation can have no legal existence out of the sovereignty... | |
 | Indiana. Supreme Court, Horace E. Carter, Albert Gallatin Porter, Gordon Tanner, Benjamin Harrison, Michael Crawford Kerr, James Buckley Black, Augustus Newton Martin, Francis Marion Dice, John Worth Kern, John Lewis Griffiths, Sidney Romelee Moon, Charles Frederick Remy - 1861 - 590 σελίδες
...is conceded by the counsel for the plaintiffs, that a corporation, "being the mere creature of law, possesses only those properties which the charter...its creation confers upon it, either expressly, or as incidental to its very existence." As an incident, it is contended that this company had the power... | |
 | New York (State). Court of Appeals, George Franklin Comstock, Henry Rogers Selden, Francis Kernan, Erasmus Peshine Smith, Joel Tiffany, Edward Jordan Dimock, Samuel Hand, Hiram Edward Sickels, Louis J. Rezzemini, Edmund Hamilton Smith, Edwin Augustus Bedell, Alvah S. Newcomb, James Newton Fiero - 1864 - 674 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." Chief Justice HOSMER, of Connecticut, asserts the same doctrine... | |
 | Elliott Anthony - 1865 - 320 σελίδες
...in this case said, " that a corporation being the creature of the law, possesses only those powers which the charter of its creation confers upon it, either expressly or as incidental to its very existence. And it is our duty to follow it and to impress on all those intrusted... | |
 | 1866 - 570 σελίδες
...to show the limited power of corporations. " A corporation being the mere creature of law possessing only those properties which the charter of its creation confers upon it, either expressly or as incidental to its very existence." (1) " That a corporation is strictly limited to the exercise... | |
 | Isaac Fletcher Redfield - 1867 - 944 σελίδες
...decisions upon the subject. 2. Mr. Chief Justice Marshall there says, " A corporation is an artificial being, — the mere creature of the law, — it possesses...its creation confers upon it, either expressly or as incidental to its very existence." The case throughout treats this as the fundamental idea, the... | |
 | United States. General Land Office - 1868 - 436 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." It Civu ueither exercise the duties of citizenship, become naturalized,... | |
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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... 
