 | 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... | |
 | 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.... | |
 | 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...upon it, either expressly or as incidental to its very existence.'' Any privileges which may exempt it from the burthens common to individuals, must... | |
 | 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.... | |
 | Robert Alexander Harrison - 1874 - 1262 halaman
...18 UCCP 13; see also the decision of the Common Pleas in The Queen v. Yorkville, 22 UCCP 437, 440.) "A Corporation is an artificial being — invisible,...upon it, either expressly or as incidental to its very existence. These are such as are supposed best calculated to effect the object for which it was... | |
 | 1918 - 498 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,...upon it, either expressly, or as incidental to its very existence. These are such as are supposed best calculated to effect the object for which it was... | |
 | 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... | |
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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... 
