 | Isaac Grant Thompson - 1876 - 842 σελίδες
...Telegraph Co. Conceding, as we do, that the national bank, defendant, " being the more creatnre of the law, possesses only those properties which the charter of its creation confers upon it" (Dartmouth College v. Woodward, 4 Wheat. 518), and conceding as we may (but without deciding it), that... | |
 | Isaac Grant Thompson - 1877 - 882 σελίδες
...Dartmouth College v. Woodward, 4 Wheaton, ol)S, Chief Justice MARSHALL 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 existence." And in Providence Bankv. Jit/lings, -I Peters, 514, the same judge... | |
 | Utah. Supreme Court, Albert Hagan, John Augustine Marshall, John Maxcy Zane, James A. Williams, Joseph M. Tanner, George L. Nye, John Walcott Thompson, August B. Edler, Alonzo Blair Irvine, Harmel L. Pratt, William S. Dalton, H. Arnold Rich - 1881 - 678 σελίδες
...Woodward, held that a corporation " being the mere creature of the law, it possesses only those powers which the charter of its creation confers upon it, either expressly or as incidental to its very existence." 4 Wheat. 636. The same doctrine is again laid down by the Supreme... | |
 | Orlando Bump - 1878 - 474 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. This being does not share in the civil government of the country... | |
 | Isaac Grant Thompson - 1878 - 1018 σελίδες
...acquired. Conceding, as we do, that the National bank defendant, " being the mere creature of the law, possesses only those properties which the charter of its creation confers upon it" (Dartmouth College v. Woodward, 4 Wheat. 518), and conceding as we may (but without deciding it), that... | |
 | Seymour Dwight Thompson - 1879 - 584 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... | |
 | Henry Edward Wallace - 1879 - 676 σελίδες
...the State, by direct or indirect grant, and by them accepted. A corporation being a 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; but this implies a right or authority to confer on individuals... | |
 | Isaac Grant Thompson - 1879 - 912 σελίδες
...How. 16 ; Runyan v. Coster's Lessee, 14 Pet. 122. " 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." MARSHALL, CJ, in Dartmouth College v. Woodward, 4 Wheat. 518,... | |
 | Isaac Grant Thompson - 1879 - 886 σελίδες
...petition cannot be enforced. "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." 7 La. Ann. 314. "The modern doctrine," says Chancellor KENT,... | |
 | 1903 - 1108 σελίδες
...corporation la 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 coufers upon it, either expressly, or as incidental to its very existence." A number of later declarations... | |
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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... 
