 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...  Commentaries on the Laws of England - Halaman 390oleh Herbert Broom, Edward Alfred Hadley - 1875Tampilan utuh - Tentang buku ini
 | United States. Supreme Court - 1819 - 816 halaman
...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 halaman
...being, invisible, intangible, and existing only in contemplation of law. Being the mere creature of law, it possesses only those properties which the...upon it, either expressly, or as incidental to its existence. These are such as arc supposed best calculated to effect the object for whieh'it was created.... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - 1824 - 952 halaman
...better answer cannot be given, than that contained in the definition of a corporation by this Court: " 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,... | |
 | Samuel Alfred Foot - 1839 - 112 halaman
...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,...in contemplation of law. Being the mere creature of law, it possesses only those properties which the charter of its creation confers upon it. * . * *... | |
 | John Marshall - 1839 - 762 halaman
...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,... | |
 | John Bouvier - 1843 - 752 halaman
...Dartmouth College against Woodward, 4 Wheat. Rep. 636, Chief Justice Marshall describes a corporation to be "an artificial being, invisible, intangible and existing...in contemplation of law. Being the mere creature of law," continues the judge, " it possesses only those properties which the charter of its creation confers... | |
 | Joseph Kinnicut Angell, Samuel Ames - 1846 - 872 halaman
...the celebrated case of Dartmouth College v. Woodward : t " A corporation," says the Chief Justice, " 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... | |
 | 1846 - 632 halaman
...which are entitled to more weight. We are informed that a corporation possesses only those powers or properties which the charter of its creation confers upon it, either expressly, oras incidental to its very existence. — Dartmouth College vs. Woodward. The incidental or implied... | |
 | New York (State). Supreme Court, John Lansing Wendell - 1847 - 704 halaman
...nature of things, speaks of lhis feature of a corporation in this way : " A corporation is an ariificial 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. Among the... | |
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