 | 1903 - 1108 sider
...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... | |
 | Tennessee Bar Association - 1889 - 1162 sider
...Chief Justice Marshall, in these words: "A corporation is an artificial being, invisible, intangible, and existing only in contemplation of law. Being the...its creation confers upon it, either expressly or incidental to its very existence." Subsequently he added that "the great object of an incorporation... | |
 | George Washington Field - 1881 - 620 sider
...4 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...expressly or as incidental to its very existence." MARSHALL, CJ, in Dartmouth College v. Woodward, 4 Wheat., 518, 636. "An incidental power is one that... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - 1883 - 1240 sider
...Woodward (4 Wheat., 636), this court says, " a corporation is an artificial being, invisible, intangible, and existing only in contemplation of law. Being the...its very existence. These are such as were supposed uest calculated to effect the object for which it was created. Among the most important are immortality,... | |
 | Canada. Superintendent of Insurance - 1882 - 540 sider
...artificial being, invisible, intangible, and •existing only in tho contemplation of law. Being tho mere creature of law, it possesses only those properties...expressly, or as incidental to its very existence. * _ * * Among the most important are immortality (in the legal sense, that it may be capable of indefinite... | |
 | 1882 - 692 sider
...compensation. We fully agree that this corporation is the creature of the law, and that being such, "'it possesses only those properties which the charter...expressly or as incidental to its very existence;" Dartmouth College v. Woodward, 4 Wheat. 618, 636; and that grants of power to individuals to construct,... | |
 | John Bouvier - 1882 - 734 sider
...corporation existing otherwise than by a charter, which is within the memory of man and can be proved. the charter of its creation confers upon it, either...incidental to its very existence. These are such as are supposed best calculated to effect the object for which it was created. Among the most important... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - 1882 - 798 sider
...without it, it cannot exist. For we must here repeat, that this court have said that a corporation " possesses only those properties which the charter of its creation confers upon it, cither expressly or as incidental to its very existence. "' This position involves several inquiries,... | |
 | Isaac Grant Thompson - 1883 - 958 sider
...compensation. We fully agree that this corporation is the creature of the law, and that being such, "it possesses only those properties which the charter...either expressly or as incidental to its very existence " (Dartmouth College v. Woodward, 4 Wheat. 518, 636); and that grants of power to individuals to construct,... | |
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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... 
