 It is very true that a corporation can have no legal existence out of the boundaries of the sovereignty by which it is created. It exists only in contemplation of law, and by force of the law ; and where that law ceases to operate, and is no longer obligatory,...  Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of Judicature of ... - Page 240by Indiana. Supreme Court, Horace E. Carter, Albert Gallatin Porter, Gordon Tanner, Benjamin Harrison, Michael Crawford Kerr, James Buckley Black, Augustus Newton Martin, Francis Marion Dice, John Worth Kern, John Lewis Griffiths, Sidney Romelee Moon, Charles Frederick Remy - 1875Full view - About this book
 | Kentucky. Court of Appeals, James Hughes, Achilles Sneed, Martin D. Hardin, George Minos Bibb, Alexander Keith Marshall, William Littell - Law reports, digests, etc - 1870 - 840 pages
...the sovereignty by which it is created. It exists only in contemplation of law, and by the force of law; and where that law ceases to operate, and is...existence. It must dwell in the place of its creation, and cannot migrate to another sovereignty ; but although it must live and have its being in that State... | |
 | Law - 1843 - 516 pages
...would be void. Ib. 4. (Rights of corporations under the laws and constitution of the United States.) It is very true that a corporation can have no legal...existence. It must dwell in the place of its creation, and cannot migrate to another sovereignty. But although it must live and have its being in that state only,... | |
 | Law - 1843 - 530 pages
...which it is created, as it exists only in contemplation of law, and by force of the law : and when that law ceases to operate, and is no longer obligatory,...existence. It must dwell in the place of its creation, and cannot migrate to another sovereignty. But although it may live and have its being in that state only,... | |
 | New Jersey. Court of Chancery - Law reports, digests, etc - 1907 - 930 pages
...Pet. 519 (US Supreme Court, 1839) ; W L. Ed. 27 Jt. In the decision of that case, Chief-Justice Tancy said: "It is very true that a corporation can have...existence. It must dwell in the place of its creation and cannot migrate to another sovereignty.'' This theory was the basis of the decision of the cases which... | |
 | 1839 - 568 pages
...purchase of the bills valid, and that the plaintiffs acquired a legal title to the bills by the purchase. exists only in contemplation of law, and by force...existence. It must dwell in the place of its creation, and cannot migrate to another sovereignty. But although it must live and have its being in that state only,... | |
 | Commerce - 1839 - 566 pages
...sovereignty by which it is created. It exists only in contemplation of law, and by force of the law, a»d where that law ceases to operate and is no longer...existence. It must dwell in the place of its creation, and cannot migrate to another sovereignty. But although it must live and have its being in that state only,... | |
 | Virginia. Supreme Court of Appeals - Law reports, digests, etc - 1843 - 900 pages
...without this commonwealth. For, as is said by the court in The Bank of Augusta v. Earle, 13 Peters 588, "a corporation can have no legal existence out of...existence. It must dwell in the place of its creation, and cannot migrate to another sovereignty. But although it must live and have its being in that state only,... | |
 | Law - 1843 - 538 pages
...exists only in contemplation of law, and by force of the law : and when that law ceases to operate, und is no longer obligatory, the corporation can have...existence. It must dwell in the place of its creation, and cannot migrate to another sovereignty. But although it may live and have its being in that state only,... | |
 | Arkansas. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1888 - 666 pages
...sovereignty by which it is created. It exists only in contemplation of the law, Watson v. Thompson Lumber Co. and by force of the law, and where that law ceases...existence. It must dwell in the place of its creation, and cannot migrate to another sovereignty. But although it must live and have its being in that State only,... | |
 | Commercial law - 1847 - 554 pages
...that law operates ; and that it must necessarily be incapable of making a contract in another place. It is very true that a corporation can have no legal...existence. It must dwell in the place of its creation, and cannot migrate to another sovereignty. But although it must live and have its being in that State only,... | |
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