 | United States. Supreme Court - 1819 - 816 Seiten
...18i9. the act of incorporation ? Let this subject be -*"^^v"^fc' dered. Dartmouth . . . . ... College A corporation is an artificial being, invisible, intangible, and existing only in contemplation of b. Being the mere creature of law, it possesses oaly those properties which the charter of its creation... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - 1824 - 990 Seiten
...without it, it cannot exist. For we must here repeat, that this Court have said, that a corporation " possesses only those properties which the charter...upon it, either expressly, or as incidental to its very existence."" This position involves several inquiries, which may be embraced in an examination... | |
 | 1843 - 530 Seiten
...corporation is considered an artificial being, existing only in contemplation of law ; and being a mere creature of law, it possesses only those properties...upon it, either expressly or as incidental to its very existence. Corporations created by statute must depend for their powers, and the mode of exercising... | |
 | John Marshall - 1839 - 762 Seiten
...members of the civil government. Is it from the act of incorporation ? Let this subject be considered. A corporation is an artificial being, invisible, intangible,...upon it, either expressly, or as incidental to its very existence. These are such as are supposed best calculated to effect the object for which it was... | |
 | Samuel Alfred Foot - 1839 - 112 Seiten
...on the principles and true nature of things, speaks of this feature of a corporation in this way : " A corporation is an artificial being, invisible, intangible,...which the charter of its creation confers upon it. * . * * Among the most important are immortality, and, if the expression may be allowed, individuality;... | |
 | John Bouvier - 1843 - 752 Seiten
...Dartmouth College against Woodward, 4 Wheat. Rep. 636, Chief Justice Marshall describes a corporation to be "an artificial being, invisible, intangible and existing...contemplation of law. Being the mere creature of law," continues the judge, " it possesses only those properties which the charter of its creation confers... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - 1844 - 800 Seiten
...assert no new principle. In t ic case of Dartmouth College f. Woodward^ 4 Wheat. 636, this court says, " a corporation is an artificial being, invisible, intangible,...upon it, either expressly or as incidental to its very existence. These are such as were supposed best calculated to effect the object for which it was... | |
 | Joseph Kinnicut Angell, Samuel Ames - 1846 - 872 Seiten
...the celebrated case of Dartmouth College v. Woodward : t " A corporation," says the Chief Justice, " is an artificial being, invisible, intangible, and...upon it, either expressly, or as incidental to its very existence. These are such as are supposed best calculated to effect the object for which it is... | |
 | 1846 - 632 Seiten
...which are entitled to more weight. We are informed that a corporation possesses only those powers or properties which the charter of its creation confers upon it, either expressly, oras incidental to its very existence. — Dartmouth College vs. Woodward. The incidental or implied... | |
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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... 
