 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 Central Law Journal - Page 3891918Full view - About this book
 | Commercial law - 1847 - 554 pages
...4 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... | |
 | Georgia. Supreme Court - Equity - 1849 - 680 pages
...misrepresentations of the promisee, is not a good defence. Ibid. See Equity, 12. Surety, 2. CORPORATIONS. 1. A corporation is an artificial being — invisible,...and 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... | |
 | Louisiana. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1849 - 814 pages
...laid down is that, "a corporation, being the mere creature of the law, possesses only those powers which the charter of its creation confers upon it, either expressly, or ae incidental to it« very existence. These are euch a» г NEW ORLEANS, MARCH, 1343. 301 are supposed... | |
 | Michigan. Supreme Court, Randolph Manning, George C. Gibbs, Thomas McIntyre Cooley, Elijah W. Meddaugh, William Jennison, Hovey K. Clarke, Hoyt Post, Henry Allen Chaney, William Dudley Fuller, John Adams Brooks, Marquis B. Eaton, Herschel Bouton Lazell, James M. Reasoner, Richard W. Cooper - Law reports, digests, etc - 1854 - 650 pages
...Justice Marshall, (4 Wheat., 636,) "is an artificial being, invisible, intangible, and existing only m contemplation of law. Being the mere creature of law,...upon it, either expressly or as incidental to its existence. These art Mtch as are supposed best calculated to effect the objects for which it was created."... | |
 | George Ticknor Curtis - Constitutional law - 1854 - 674 pages
...be considered. A corporation is an artificial being, invisible, intangible, and existing only in the contemplation of law. Being the mere creature of law,...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.... | |
 | Connecticut. Supreme Court of Errors - Law reports, digests, etc - 1887 - 664 pages
...this contract the state gave it power to do. Being the mere creature of law, it possesses only tho&3 properties which the charter of its creation confers...expressly or as incidental to its very existence. MARSHALL, Ch. J., Dartmouth College v. WoodCredit Company r. Howe Machine Co. ward, 4 Wheaton, 536.... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1854 - 684 pages
...a corporation is considered an artificial being, existing 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, eithc' expressly, or as incidental to its very existence. Corporations created by statute must depend... | |
 | John Bouvier - Law - 1854 - 674 pages
...Book 1, part 1, tit. 2, chap. 2. No. 180. It is, as it is well observed by Chief Justice Marshall, " an artificial being, invisible, intangible, and existing only in contemplation of law. "(a) CHAPTER H.— OF THE CREATION OF A CORPORATION. 179. Unlike the law of England, which allows the... | |
 | California. Legislature. Assembly - 1855 - 956 pages
...than by Chief Justice Marshall, in the Dartmouth College vs. Woodward. " A corporation," says he, " is an artificial being, invisible, intangible and...expressly or as incidental to its very existence. These properties," continues he, " enable a corporation to manage its own affairs and to hold property without... | |
 | John Cleaveland - Banking law - 1857 - 452 pages
...The Atscuort r,f Watrrtoxn, 1 Hill, 616, 620. CHIEF JUSTICE MARSHALL'S DEFINITION OF A CORPORATION. "A corporation is an artificial being, invisible, intangible, and existing only in contemplation of Inw. Being the mere creature of law, it possesses only those properties which the charter of its creation... | |
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