 | United States. Supreme Court - 1819 - 816 pagina’s
...18i9. the act of incorporation ? Let this subject be -*"^^v"^fc' dered. Dartmouth . . . . ... College A corporation is an artificial being, invisible, intangible, and existing only in contemplation of b. Being the mere creature of law, it possesses oaly those properties which the charter of its creation... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - 1824 - 990 pagina’s
...character of a bank, con- "^Y^* ^ . • it Us&orn stituted by individual stockholders. Its rights and T. privileges, its liabilities and disabilities, are...of its creation confers upon it, either expressly, or as incidental to its existence. These are such as arc supposed best calculated to effect the object... | |
 | 1843 - 530 pagina’s
...corporation is considered an artificial being, existing only in contemplation of law ; and being a mere creature of law, it possesses only those properties...of its creation confers upon it, either expressly or as incidental to its very existence. Corporations created by statute must depend for their powers,... | |
 | John Marshall - 1839 - 762 pagina’s
...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,...of 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... | |
 | Samuel Alfred Foot - 1839 - 112 pagina’s
...on the principles and true nature of things, speaks of this feature of a corporation in this way : " A corporation is an artificial being, invisible, intangible,...which the charter of its creation confers upon it. * . * * Among the most important are immortality, and, if the expression may be allowed, individuality;... | |
 | John Bouvier - 1843 - 752 pagina’s
...Dartmouth College against Woodward, 4 Wheat. Rep. 636, Chief Justice Marshall describes a corporation to be "an artificial being, invisible, intangible and existing...contemplation of law. Being the mere creature of law," continues the judge, " it possesses only those properties which the charter of its creation confers... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - 1844 - 800 pagina’s
...assert no new principle. In t ic case of Dartmouth College f. Woodward^ 4 Wheat. 636, this court says, " a corporation is an artificial being, invisible, intangible,...of its creation confers upon it, either expressly or as incidental to its very existence. These are such as were supposed best calculated to effect the... | |
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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... 
