 | Henry Edwin Dwight - 1885 - 334 pages
...Domat's Civil Law (folio edition), vol. 1st, Book 1 Tit. 11, " of usufruct," s. 2, pl. 3 & 4, p. 197. A corporation is an artificial being, invisible, intangible,...possesses only those properties which the charter of its incorporation confers upon it, either expressly or as incidental to its very existence. Dartmouth College... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1885 - 916 pages
...(CONST., §§ 2099-2117), this court says: "A corporation is an artificial being, invisible, intangibly and existing only in contemplation of law. Being the...of its creation confers upon it. either expressly or as incidental to its very existence. These are such as were supposed best calculated to effect the... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1885 - 896 pages
...Company had no power to make the trust deed in question. I recognize the rule that a corporation " possesses only those properties which the charter of its creation confers upon it, either expressly or as incident to its very existence." Head v. Providence Ins. Co., 2 Cranch, 127 (CORPORATIONS, §§... | |
 | West Virginia. Supreme Court of Appeals, Edgar P. Rucker - Law reports, digests, etc - 1885 - 940 pages
...Justice Marshall in Dartmouth CoUsye v. Woodworth 4 Wheat. (526 thus describes such artificial person : "A corporation is an artificial being, invisible, intangible, and existing only in contemplation oi law. Iieing a mere creation of the law, it possesses only those properties which the charter of... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1893 - 1176 pages
...personality distinct from that of ItH members. As denned by Chief Justice Marshall, "a corporation ts an artificial being, invisible, intangible and existing only in contemplation of law." "Among the most Important [of its attributes] are Immortality, and, if the expression may be allowed,... | |
 | Isaac Grant Thompson - Law reports, digests, etc - 1885 - 912 pages
...responsibility. " There are not wanting authorities taking the like distinction, affirming that as a corporation " is an artificial being, invisible, intangible, and existing only in the contemplation of law," to which the law cannot impart animus, passion, or moral quality; which... | |
 | Horace Gay Wood - Railroad law - 1885 - 758 pages
...Chief- Justice MARSHALL, in a leading case upon this brandi of the law, says: " A corporal ion is un 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... | |
 | Bar Association of the State of Kansas - Bar associations - 1890 - 478 pages
...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...of its creation confers upon it, either expressly or as Incidental to its very existence. These are such as are supposed beet calculated to effect the... | |
 | Illinois. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1886 - 828 pages
...(Dillon on Mun. Corp. sec. 9.) Chief Justice MARSHALL'S description of a corporation is in these words: "A corporation is an artificial being, invisible,...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, either... | |
 | Henry Morrison Herman - Estoppel - 1886 - 952 pages
...AS APPLIED TO CORPORATIONS. SECTION 1165. A corporation, in the language of Chief Justice Marshall, is " an artificial being, invisible, intangible, and...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, either... | |
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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... 
