 | Herbert Broom, Edward Alfred Hadley - 1875 - 966 էջ
...invisible, intangible, and existing only in contemplation of law. Being the mere creature of the law, it possesses only those properties which the charter...perpetual succession of many persons are considered as the samo, and may act as a single individual.' They enable a corporation to manage its own affairs, and... | |
 | United States. Circuit Court (7th Circuit), Josiah Hooker Bissell - 1875 - 598 էջ
...Company had no power to make the trust deed in question. I recognize the rule that a corporation " possesses only those properties which the charter...creation confers upon it, either expressly, or as incident to its very, existence."1 Under the Indiana Constitution, every statute is a public law of... | |
 | 1876 - 816 էջ
...Justice MARSHALL, in Dartmouth College v. Woodward, 4 Wheat. 518, " is the mere creature of the law ; it possesses only those properties which the charter...either expressly or as incidental to its very existence ;" and as was expressed by the same great judge, in Providence Bonk v. Billings, 4 Pet. 514, " any... | |
 | Iowa. Supreme Court - 1876 - 762 էջ
...518, Chief Justice Marshall says "a corporation is an artificial being, the mere creature of the law; it possesses only those properties which the charter...upon it, either expressly or as incidental to its existence." And in Providence Sank v. Billings, 4 Peters, 514, the same judge says: " The great object... | |
 | Henry Morrison Herman - 1876 - 906 էջ
...invisible, intangible, and existing only in contemplation of law. Being the mere creature of the law, it possesses only those properties which the charter...its creation confers upon it, either expressly or incidental to its very existence. These are such as are best calculated to effect that object for which... | |
 | Isaac Grant Thompson - 1876 - 842 էջ
...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 էջ
...ol)S, Chief Justice MARSHALL says "a corporation is an artificial being, the mere creature of the law ; it possesses only those properties which the charter...upon it, either expressly or as incidental to its existence." And in Providence Bankv. Jit/lings, -I Peters, 514, the same judge says : " The great object... | |
 | 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 էջ
...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,...expressly or as incidental to its very existence." 4 Wheat. 636. The same doctrine is again laid down by the Supreme Court of the United States, in almost... | |
 | Orlando Bump - 1878 - 474 էջ
...being, invisible, intangible, and existing only in contemplation of law. Being the mere creature of law, it possesses only those properties which the charter...expressly or as incidental to its very existence. This being does not share in the civil government of the country unless that be the purpose for which... | |
 | Isaac Grant Thompson - 1878 - 1018 էջ
...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... | |
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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... 
