 | Bar Association of the State of Kansas - 1890 - 480 halaman
...80 Wall. 6«S. ; Marshall's definition of a corporation in the Dartmouth College caee was that " It is an artificial being, invisible, intangible, and...which the charter of its creation confers upon it, either expressly or as Incidental to its very existence. These are such as are supposed beet calculated... | |
 | Illinois. Supreme Court - 1886 - 828 halaman
...(Dillon on Mun. Corp. sec. 9.) Chief Justice MARSHALL'S description of a corporation is in these words: "A corporation is an artificial being, invisible,...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... | |
 | Henry Morrison Herman - 1886 - 952 halaman
...AS APPLIED TO CORPORATIONS. SECTION 1165. A corporation, in the language of Chief Justice Marshall, is " an artificial being, invisible, intangible, and...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... | |
 | John Warwick Daniel - 1886 - 1056 halaman
...character.2 § 378. Definition of corporation. — Chief-Justice Marshall has well denned a corporation as "an 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... | |
 | Victor Morawetz - 1886 - 630 halaman
...Corporation. — A corporation was described by Chief Justice Marshall, in the Dartmouth College Case,1 as " an artificial being, invisible, intangible, and existing only in contemplation of law." A corporation has also been designated a legal entity, a creature of the law, a legal institution,... | |
 | 1886 - 834 halaman
...it may become an artificial being, or acting entity. Such a corporation has been well defined to be an artificial being, invisible, intangible, and existing only in contemplation of law. The instruments provided to bring the artificial being into life and active operation , are the persons... | |
 | New Hampshire. Supreme Court - 1887 - 702 halaman
...views and positions are sustained by the law is demonstrated, we submit, by the following authorities : "A corporation is an artificial being, invisible,...which the charter of its creation confers upon it, either expressly or as incidental to its very existence." Opinion of C. .1. Marshall iu Dart. Coll.... | |
 | 1916 - 948 halaman
...not a solid reality about the dinners of the Corporation of London. "It is," said Marshall, CJ, 10 "an artificial being, invisible, intangible, and existing only in contemplation of law" . . . "it is precisely," he says again, "what the act of incorporation makes it." "Persons," said Best,... | |
 | 1919 - 1082 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,...which the charter of its creation confers upon it, either expressly, or as Incidental to Its very existence. These are such as are supposed best calculated... | |
 | Abraham Clark Freeman - 1888 - 982 halaman
...and Ames on Corporations, sec. 271. In Dartmouth College v. Woodward, 4 Wheat. 636, the court says: "A corporation 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... | |
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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... 
