 | North Carolina. Supreme Court - 1875 - 720 σελίδες
...and in the case before us, is not alleged to be. For says Chief J. MARSHALL " a corporation being a creature of the law, it possesses only those properties...its creation confers upon it. either expressly, or as incidental to its very existence." 4. Wheat. 636. A road may not therefore, exercise all powers... | |
 | Isaac Fletcher Redfield - 1870 - 708 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. Supreme Court, Benjamin Robbins Curtis - 1870 - 892 σελίδες
...corporation is an artificial being, invisible, intangible, and existing only in contemplation of law. Being a mere creature of the law, it possesses only those...its creation confers upon it, either expressly or as incidental to its very existence." In the case of The Bank v. Dandridge, 12 Wheat. 64, this court... | |
 | W.W.Lester - 1870 - 404 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 can neither exercise the duties of citizenship, become naturalized,... | |
 | California - 1872 - 728 σελίδες
...Marshall, in Dartmouth College vs. Woodward, 4 Wheat., p. 636, "is an artificial being, invisi-, ble, intangible, and existing only in contemplation of...its creation confers upon it, either expressly, or as incidental to its very existence. These are such as are supposed best caleulated to effect the object... | |
 | United States. Congress. House - 1872 - 1274 σελίδες
...being, invisible, intangible, and existing only in eontuiiplation 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... | |
 | D. C. Cloud - 1873 - 556 σελίδες
...objects for which corporations were intended. The court says: "A corporation, being a mere creation of law, it possesses only those properties which the...very existence. These are such as are supposed best calculated to affect the object for which it was created. * * * " The objects for which 'corporations... | |
 | D. C. Cloud - 1873 - 494 σελίδες
...objects for which corporations were intended. The court says; "A corporation, being a mere creation of law, it possesses only those properties which the...very existence. These are such as are supposed best calculated to affect the object for which it was created. * * * " The objects for which corporations... | |
 | D. C. Cloud - 1873 - 488 σελίδες
...objects for which corporations were intended. The court says; "A corporation, being a mere creation of law, it possesses only those properties which the...confers upon it, either expressly or incidental to ks very existence. These . are such as are supposed best calculated to affect the object for which... | |
 | Samuel Alfred Foot - 1873 - 518 σελίδες
...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. * * * Among the most important are immortality, and, if the expression may be allowed, individuality... | |
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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... 
