 | Charles Theodore Boone - Corporation law - 1881 - 626 pages
...corporations. 5 11. Municipal corporations. S 12. What bodies are not, corporations. § 1. Definition.— A corporation is an artificial being; invisible, intangible, and existing only in contemplation of law;1 and it possesses only those properties and power* which are conferred upon it by its creator.2... | |
 | Law - 1882 - 692 pages
...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...of its creation confers upon it, either expressly or as incidental to its very existence;" Dartmouth College v. Woodward, 4 Wheat. 618, 636; and that... | |
 | Canada. Superintendent of Insurance - Insurance - 1882 - 540 pages
...seen is that of Chief Justice Marshall, in Dartmouth College v. Woodward, 4 Wheat, 518,636. He said: " A corporation is an artificial being, invisible, intangible, and •existing only in tho contemplation of law. Being tho mere creature of law, it possesses only those properties which... | |
 | Isaac Grant Thompson - Law reports, digests, etc - 1883 - 958 pages
...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...of its creation confers upon it, either expressly or as incidental to its very existence " (Dartmouth College v. Woodward, 4 Wheat. 518, 636); and that... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1896 - 1242 pages
...corporation. It is also true that there was no formal agreement upon the part of that corporation "as an artificial being, invisible, Intangible, and existing only In contemplation of law," that the titleb should ever be reconveyed to the Virginia^ corporation. But* when the Inquiry Involves*'... | |
 | Illinois. Appellate Court, James Bolesworth Bradwell - Law reports, digests, etc - 1883 - 722 pages
...corporation aggregate; and is. in the language of Chief Justice Marshall in the Dartmouth College case, "an artificial being, invisible, intangible, and existing only in contemplation of law." How could such a being come into court and be examined orally touching anything? The thing bsing impossible,... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1884 - 1062 pages
...Wheat., 636, the same principle was again decided by the court. " A corporation," said the court, " 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... | |
 | Robert Stewart Morrison - Mining law - 1884 - 778 pages
...phrase, " to do business," is a matter of elaborate argument by counsel. A corporation is defined to be "an artificial being, invisible, intangible and existing only in contemplation of law." It can do no acts, either within or without the State which creates it, except such as are authorized... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1885 - 892 pages
...the act of incorporation? Let this subject be considered. § 2103. Nature and powers of corporations. A corporation is an artificial being, invisible, intangible,...of its creation confers upon it, either expressly, or as incidental to its very existence. These are such as are supposed best calculated to effect the... | |
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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... 
