 | Bar Association of the State of Kansas - 1890 - 478 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 existing only in contemplation of law. Being the mere creature of law, it possesses only those properties which the charter of its creation... | |
 | 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 existing only in contemplation of law. Being the mere creature of the law, it possesses only those properties which the charter of its... | |
 | 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, 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... | |
 | 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, and existing only In contemplation of law. Being the mere creature of law, it possesses only those properties which the charter of its creation... | |
 | 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... | |
 | John Davison Lawson - 1889 - 920 halaman
...foreign corporations. § 332. Definition of Corporation — The Different Classes of Corporations. — A corporation is "an artificial being, invisible,...intangible, and existing only in contemplation of law."1 It is " a natural person or body of persons upon whom has been conferred a distinct legal existence... | |
 | Oregon. Supreme Court, William Wallace Thayer, Joseph Gardner Wilson, Thomas Benton Odeneal, Julius Augustus Stratton, William Henry Holmes, Reuben S. Strahan, George Henry Burnett, Robert Graves Morrow, James W. Crawford, Frank A. Turner, Bellinger, Charles Byron - 1889 - 648 halaman
...4 Wheat, 636, Chief Justice Marshall,. with great force and clearness, defined a corporation thus: "A corporation is an artificial being, invisible, intangible, and existing only in contemplation of law. Being the mere creature of the law, it possesses only those properties which the charter of its... | |
 | Lawrence Lewis, Adelbert Hamilton, John Houston Merrill, William Mark McKinney, James Manford Kerr, John Crawford Thomson - 1889 - 856 halaman
...for plaintiff. Chas. B. Lore, Geo. H. Bates, and Austin Harrington for defendants. SAULSBURY, C. — 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... | |
 | John Forrest Dillon - 1890 - 876 halaman
...Marshall's description of a corporation is remarkable for its general accuracy and felicitous expression: "A corporation is an artificial being, invisible, intangible, and existing only in contemplation of law. Being the mere creature of the law, it possesses only those properties which the charter of its... | |
 | John Forrest Dillon - 1890 - 840 halaman
...Marshall's description of a corporation is remarkable for its general accuracy and felicitous expression : " A corporation is an artificial being, invisible, intangible, and existing only in contemplation of law. Being the mere creature of the law, it possesses only those properties which the charter of its... | |
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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... 
