 A corporation is an artificial being, invisible, intangible, and existing only in contemplation of law.  Reports of Cases Decided in the Court of Appeals of the State of New York - Halaman 257oleh New York (State). Court of Appeals, George Franklin Comstock, Henry Rogers Selden, Francis Kernan, Erasmus Peshine Smith, Joel Tiffany, Edward Jordan Dimock, Samuel Hand, Hiram Edward Sickels, Edmund Hamilton Smith, Louis J. Rezzemini, Edwin Augustus Bedell, Alvah S. Newcomb, James Newton Fiero - 1864Tampilan 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... | |
 | 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...contemplation of law. Being the mere creature of law," continues the judge, " it possesses only those properties which the charter of its creation confers... | |
 | Alabama. Supreme Court - 1878 - 738 halaman
...name." In Dartmouth College v. Woodward, 4 Wheat. 636, Ch. J. MARSHALL said : "A corporation is au artificial being, invisible, intangible, and existing...in contemplation of law. Being the mere creature of the law, it possesses only those properties which the charter of its creation confers upon it, either... | |
 | 1847 - 554 halaman
...4 Wheat. 636, the same principle was again decided by the Court. " A corporation," said the Court, "is an artificial 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 confers... | |
 | Georgia. Supreme Court - 1849 - 680 halaman
...misrepresentations of the promisee, is not a good defence. Ibid. See Equity, 12. Surety, 2. CORPORATIONS. 1. A corporation is an artificial being — invisible,...and existing only in contemplation of law. Being the creature of the law, it possesses only those properties which the charter of its creation confers upon... | |
 | John Bouvier - 1854 - 674 halaman
...Book 1, part 1, tit. 2, chap. 2. No. 180. It is, as it is well observed by Chief Justice Marshall, " an artificial being, invisible, intangible, and existing only in contemplation of law. "(a) CHAPTER H.— OF THE CREATION OF A CORPORATION. 179. Unlike the law of England, which allows the... | |
 | George Ticknor Curtis - 1854 - 674 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, and existing only in the contemplation of law. Being the mere creature of law, it possesses only those properties which... | |
 | John Cleaveland - 1857 - 452 halaman
...The Atscuort r,f Watrrtoxn, 1 Hill, 616, 620. CHIEF JUSTICE MARSHALL'S DEFINITION OF A CORPORATION. "A corporation is an artificial being, invisible, intangible, and existing only in contemplation of Inw. Being the mere creature of law, it possesses only those properties which the charter of its creation... | |
 | Massachusetts - 1895 - 1138 halaman
...now under discussion. Regarded as a creature of the sovereign, a corporation has been defined to be " an artificial being, invisible, intangible and existing only in contemplation of law." As such, it is obvious that there can be no such thing as a corporation which owes its existence to... | |
 | Alexander Mansfield Burrill - 1859 - 736 halaman
...Bl. Com. 467, 469. Marshall, C. J. 4 Whcaton's R. 518,636. Thompson, J. 14 Peters1 R. 122, 129. — An artificial being, invisible, intangible, and existing only in contemplation of law. Marshall, C. 'J. 4 Wheaton's R. 636.— A franchise possessed by one or more individuals, who subsist... | |
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