 | United States. Supreme Court - 1940 - 894 halaman
...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... | |
 | Kentucky. Court of Appeals, James Hughes, Achilles Sneed, Martin D. Hardin, George Minos Bibb, Alexander Keith Marshall, William Littell - 1870 - 840 halaman
...law, and by the force of law; and where that law ceases to operate, and is no longer obligatory, the corporation can have no existence. It must dwell in...creation, and cannot migrate to another sovereignty ; but although it must live and have its being in that State only, yet it does not follow that its... | |
 | 1843 - 516 halaman
...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...creation, and cannot migrate to another sovereignty. But although it must live and have its being in that state only, yet it does not by any means follow... | |
 | New Jersey. Court of Chancery - 1907 - 930 halaman
...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...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... | |
 | 1839 - 568 halaman
...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...creation, and cannot migrate to another sovereignty. But although it must live and have its being in that state only, yet it does not by any means follow,... | |
 | Virginia. Supreme Court of Appeals - 1843 - 900 halaman
...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...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... | |
 | Arkansas. Supreme Court - 1888 - 666 halaman
...Co. 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...creation, and cannot migrate to another sovereignty. But although it must live and have its being in that State only, yet it does not by any means follow... | |
 | 1847 - 554 halaman
...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...creation, and cannot migrate to another sovereignty. But although it must live and have its being in that State only, yet it does not by any means follow... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - 1855 - 702 halaman
...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 halaman
...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... | |
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It is very true that a corporation can have no legal existence out of the boundaries of the sovereignty by which it is created. 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,... 
