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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... "
The Mining Reports: A Series Containing the Cases on the Law of Mines Found ... - Page 28
by Robert Stewart Morrison - 1884
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Report of the Joint Committee of Both Houses of the General Assembly of Ohio ...

Ohio. General Assembly. Joint Committee on the Communication of the Auditor of State - Banks and banking - 1821 - 76 pages
...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,...expressly, or as incidental to its very existence. "These are such as are supposed best calculated " to effect the objects for which it was created. "...
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Reports of Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Supreme ..., Volume 9; Volume 22

United States. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1824 - 952 pages
...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 to its existence. These are such as are supposed best calculated to effect the object for which'it was created....
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The American Jurist and Law Magazine, Volume 6; Volume 24

Law - 1843 - 530 pages
...only in contemplation of law ; and being a mere creature of law, it possesses only those properties which the charter of its creation confers upon it,...expressly or as incidental to its very existence. Corporations created by statute must depend for their powers, and the mode of exercising them, upon...
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The Writings of John Marshall, Late Chief Justice of the United States, Upon ...

John Marshall - Constitutional law - 1839 - 762 pages
...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,...expressly, or as incidental to its very existence. These are such as are supposed best calculated to effect the object for which it was created. Among...
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A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the ..., Volume 1

John Bouvier - Anglo-Norman dialect - 1843 - 752 pages
...of law. Being the mere creature of law," continues the judge, " it possesses only those properties which the charter of its creation confers upon it,...expressly or as incidental to its very existence. These are such as are supposed best calculated to effect the object for which it was created. Among...
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A Selection of Leading Cases Upon Commercial Law Decided by the ..., Volume 725

Commercial law - 1847 - 554 pages
...only in contemplation of law. Being a mere creature of the law, it possesses only those properties which the charter of its creation confers upon it,...expressly, or as incidental to its very existence." And in the case of the Bank of the United States vs. Dandridge, 12 Wheat. 64, where the questions in...
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Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of ..., Volume 55

Alabama. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1878 - 738 pages
...only 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,...expressly, or as incidental to its very existence. These are such as are supposed to be best calculated to effect the object for which it is created."...
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Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Supreme Court of Florida, Volume 2

Florida. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1848 - 786 pages
...granted. Principles of law applicable to this and other corporations. i;It possesses only those properties which the charter of its creation confers upon it,...expressly, or as incidental to its very existence. These are such as are supposed best calculated to effect the object for which it was created." Opinion...
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Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of ..., Volume 3

Louisiana. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1849 - 814 pages
...corporate powers. Atckafalaya Bank v. Duwson, 13 La. 497. A corporation, being the creature of the law, possesses only those powers which the charter of its...expressly or as incidental to its very existence. That corporations created by statute must depend for their powers and the mode of exercising them upon...
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Reports of Cases in Law and Equity, Argued and Determined in the ..., Volume 5

Georgia. Supreme Court - Equity - 1849 - 680 pages
...existing only in contemplation of law. Being the creature of the law, it possesses only those properties which the charter of its creation confers upon it,...expressly, or as incidental to its very existence. Frederick et al. vs. The City Council of Augusta, - 561 See Augusta, 1, 2. Constitution, 8. Evidence,...
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