 | Edward Royall Tyler, William Lathrop Kingsley, George Park Fisher, Timothy Dwight - 1882 - 888 halaman
...unnecessary. It gave them the essential attributes of corporations, of which, says Ch. J. Marshall " among the most important are immortality and, if the...properties, by which a perpetual succession of many persons may be considered the same and may act as a single individual." Dartmouth College vs. Woodward, supra.... | |
 | 1882 - 692 halaman
...compensation. We fully agree that this corporation is the creature of the law, and that being such, "'it possesses only those properties which the charter...expressly or as incidental to its very existence;" Dartmouth College v. Woodward, 4 Wheat. 618, 636; and that grants of power to individuals to construct,... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - 1882 - 798 halaman
...without it, it cannot exist. For we must here repeat, that this court have said that a corporation " possesses only those properties which the charter of its creation confers upon it, cither expressly or as incidental to its very existence. "' This position involves several inquiries,... | |
 | Isaac Grant Thompson - 1883 - 958 halaman
...compensation. We fully agree that this corporation is the creature of the law, and that being such, "it possesses only those properties which the charter...either expressly or as incidental to its very existence " (Dartmouth College v. Woodward, 4 Wheat. 518, 636); and that grants of power to individuals to construct,... | |
 | Orestes Augustus Brownson - 1883 - 614 halaman
...corporation to be, — "An artificial body, possessing certain properties ; among the most important of which are immortality, and, if the expression may be allowed individuality ; properties by which the perpetual succession of many persons are considered as the same, and may act as a single individual.... | |
 | 1884 - 1062 halaman
...considered an artificial being, existing only in contemplation of law; and being a mere creature of the law, it possesses only those properties which the charter...expressly, or as incidental to its very existence. That corporations created by statute must depend for their powers, and the mode of exercising them,... | |
 | Robert Stewart Morrison - 1884 - 778 halaman
...Woodward, hel-d, that a corporation " being the mere creature of the law, it possesses only those powers which the charter of its creation confers upon it,...expressly or as incidental to its very existence": 4 Wheat. 636. The same doctrine is again laid down by the Supreme Court of the United States, in almost... | |
 | 1915 - 1230 halaman
...follows: 'A corporation being a mere creature of law, possesses only those properties which the charter confers upon it, either expressly or as incidental to its very existence. The author further states: 'As relates to the exercise of powers it is generally regarded that corporations... | |
 | 1885 - 892 halaman
...being, invisible, intangible, and existing only in contemplation of law. Being the mere creature of law, it possesses only those properties which the charter...persons are considered as the same, and may act as a single individual. They enable a corporation to manage its own affairs, and to hold property without... | |
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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... 
