| Samuel Alfred Foot - 1873 - 518 halaman
...the principles and true nature of tilings, speaks of this feature of a corporation in this way : " A corporation is an artificial being, invisible, intangible,...which the charter of its creation confers upon it. * * * Among the most important are immortality, and, if the expression may be allowed, individuality... | |
| D. C. Cloud - 1873 - 556 halaman
...objects for which corporations were intended. The court says: "A corporation, being a mere creation of law, it possesses only those properties which the...its creation confers upon it, either expressly or incidental to its very existence. These are such as are supposed best calculated to affect the object... | |
| D. C. Cloud - 1873 - 494 halaman
...objects for which corporations were intended. The court says; "A corporation, being a mere creation of law, it possesses only those properties which the...its creation confers upon it, either expressly or incidental to its very existence. These are such as are supposed best calculated to affect the object... | |
| Michigan. Legislature. House of Representatives - 1873 - 924 halaman
...sanction. " A corporation is a mere creature of the law, an artificial being ; it possesses only these properties, which the charter of its creation confers...expressly or as incidental to its very existence.'' Any privileges which may exempt it from the burthens common to individuals, must be expressed in their... | |
| John Forrest Dillon - 1873 - 546 halaman
...Marshall' s description of a corporation is remarkable for its general accuraey and felicitous expression : "A corporation is an artificial being, invisible,...existing only in contemplation of law. Being the mere ereature of the law, it possesses only those properties which the charter of its ereation confers upon... | |
| Ohio. Supreme Court - 1873 - 504 halaman
...Atk. 174. Corporations are artificial beings, existing only in contemplation of law, and possessing only those properties which the charter of its creation...confers upon it, either expressly, or as incidental to it* existence. 14 Pet. 129; 2 Kent's Com. 298, 240; 2 Cranch, 127; 4 Wheat. 636; 4 Pet. 152; 15 Johns.... | |
| William Nichols Coler - 1873 - 482 halaman
...State, as much so as a public corporation. It has not inherent power and does not exist of itself. It is an artificial being, invisible, intangible, and existing only in contemplation of law. It is the mere creature and the creation of the State in which it exists, and has no power of its own.... | |
| 1874 - 778 halaman
...the entire contract on both sides. Before that era, it had been understoood that a corporation — an artificial being, invisible, intangible, and existing only in contemplation of law — was capable of acting only by agents. But corporations, pretending to act without agents, exhibited... | |
| Herbert Broom, Edward Alfred Hadley - 1875 - 966 halaman
...kind of business like a natural person." Bronson, J., People v. Assessors of Watertown, 1 Hill, 620. " A corporation is an artificial being, invisible, intangible,...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... | |
| United States. Circuit Court (7th Circuit), Josiah Hooker Bissell - 1875 - 598 halaman
...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... | |
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