 | 1885 - 916 σελίδες
...(CONST., §§ 2099-2117), this court says: "A corporation is an artificial being, invisible, intangibly 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... | |
 | Henry Morrison Herman - 1886 - 952 σελίδες
...AS APPLIED TO CORPORATIONS. SECTION 1165. A corporation, in the language of Chief Justice Marshall, is " an artificial being, invisible, intangible, and...its creation confers upon it, either expressly or incidental to its very existence. These are such as are supposed best caleulated to effect that object... | |
 | Bar Association of the State of Kansas - 1890 - 478 σελίδες
...80 Wall. 6«S. ; Marshall's definition of a corporation in the Dartmouth College caee was that " It is an artificial being, invisible, intangible, and...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... | |
 | 1886 - 834 σελίδες
...it may become an artificial being, or acting entity. Such a corporation has been well defined to be an artificial being, invisible, intangible, and existing only in contemplation of law. The instruments provided to bring the artificial being into life and active operation , are the persons... | |
 | Victor Morawetz - 1886 - 630 σελίδες
...Corporation. — A corporation was described by Chief Justice Marshall, in the Dartmouth College Case,1 as " an artificial being, invisible, intangible, and existing only in contemplation of law." A corporation has also been designated a legal entity, a creature of the law, a legal institution,... | |
 | New Hampshire. Supreme Court - 1887 - 702 σελίδες
...views and positions are sustained by the law is demonstrated, we submit, by the following authorities : "A corporation is an artificial being, invisible,...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... | |
 | 1916 - 948 σελίδες
...not a solid reality about the dinners of the Corporation of London. "It is," said Marshall, CJ, 10 "an artificial being, invisible, intangible, and existing only in contemplation of law" . . . "it is precisely," he says again, "what the act of incorporation makes it." "Persons," said Best,... | |
 | 1919 - 1082 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,...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,... | |
 | Abraham Clark Freeman - 1888 - 982 σελίδες
...and Ames on Corporations, sec. 271. In Dartmouth College v. Woodward, 4 Wheat. 636, the court says: "A 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 properties which the charter of its creation confers... | |
 | Arkansas. Supreme Court - 1911 - 680 σελίδες
...corporation. It is but the creature of the Legislature. It "possesses only those rights, powers or property which the charter of its creation confers upon it, either expressly or as incidental to its existence." The source from which it has secured its right to enter into contracts is the Legislature,... | |
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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... 
