 | United States. Supreme Court - 1940 - 894 sider
...Cranch 57. Throughout, the mode of thought was metaphorical. The classic doctrine was that a corporation "must dwell in the place of its creation, and cannot migrate to another sovereignty." Bank of Augusta v. Earle, 13 Pet. 519, 588. Logically applied, this theory of non-migration prevented... | |
 | 1843 - 530 sider
...which it is created, as it exists only in contemplation of law, and by force of the law : and when that law ceases to operate, and is no longer obligatory,...cannot migrate to another sovereignty. But although it may live and have its being in that state only, yet it does not follow that its existence there will... | |
 | New Jersey. Court of Chancery - 1907 - 930 sider
...(US Supreme Court, 1839) ; W L. Ed. 27 Jt. In the decision of that case, Chief-Justice Tancy said: "It is very true that a corporation can have no legal...creation and cannot migrate to another sovereignty.'' This theory was the basis of the decision of the cases which held that a corporation could not be sued... | |
 | 1843 - 520 sider
...would be void. Ib, 4. (Rights of corporations under the laws and constitution of the United States.) It is very true that a corporation can have no legal...But although it must live and have its being in that slate only, yet it does not by any means follow that its existence there will not be recognised in... | |
 | Virginia. Supreme Court of Appeals - 1843 - 900 sider
...the Supreme Court of the United States in The Bank of Augusta v. Earle, 13 Peters 588, "a corporation exists only in contemplation of law and by force of...creation, and cannot migrate to another sovereignty." Though there had been no conflict in the opinions of the two courts referred to, and both had decided... | |
 | 1843 - 538 sider
...exists only in contemplation of law, and by force of the law : and when that law ceases to operate, und is no longer obligatory, the corporation can have...cannot migrate to another sovereignty. But although it may live and have its being in that state only, yet it does not follow that its existence there will... | |
 | Joseph Kinnicut Angell, Samuel Ames - 1846 - 872 sider
...sovereignty by which it is created, as it exists only in contemplation of law and by force of law; and when that law ceases to operate, and is no longer obligatory,...cannot migrate to another sovereignty. But although 1 Holbrook v. Union Bank of Alexandria, 7 Wheat. R. 553. • Hartridge et al. v. Rockwell, RM Carlton,... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - 1855 - 702 sider
...exists only in contemplation of law and by force of the law ; and where that law ceases to operate the corporation can. have no existence. It must dwell in the place of its creation." Bank of Augusta v. Earle, 13 Pet. 512. The persons who act under these faculties, and use this corporate... | |
 | William Tidd - 1856 - 838 sider
...Jersey, and, to borrow the language of Ch. J. Taney, in. Sank of Augusta v. Earle, 13 Peters, 588, it must dwell in the place of its creation ; and cannot migrate into another sovereignty. But as natural persons, through the intervention of agents, are continually... | |
 | Oliver Lorenzo Barbour, New York (State). Supreme Court - 1858 - 718 sider
...corporation can have no legal existence out of the boundaries of the sovereignty by which it is created, must dwell in the place of its creation, and cannot migrate to another sovereignty. (Bank of Augusta v. Earle, 13 Peters, 519. Runyan v. Lessees of Coster, 14 id. 129.) III. A corporation... | |
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It exists only in contemplation of law, and by force of the law; and where that law ceases to operate, and is no longer obligatory, the corporation can have no existence. It must dwell in the place of its creation, and cannot migrate to another sovereignty. 
