 | Isaac Grant Thompson - 1877 - 882 Seiten
...Wheaton, ol)S, Chief Justice MARSHALL says "a corporation is an artificial being, the mere creature of the law ; it possesses only those properties which the...either expressly or as incidental to its existence." And in Providence Bankv. Jit/lings, -I Peters, 514, the same judge says : " The great object of an... | |
 | Utah. Supreme Court, Albert Hagan, John Augustine Marshall, John Maxcy Zane, James A. Williams, Joseph M. Tanner, George L. Nye, John Walcott Thompson, August B. Edler, Alonzo Blair Irvine, Harmel L. Pratt, William S. Dalton, H. Arnold Rich - 1881 - 678 Seiten
...Woodward, held that a corporation " being the mere creature of the law, it possesses only those powers which the charter of its creation confers upon it, either expressly or as incidental to its very existence." 4 Wheat. 636. The same doctrine is again laid down by the Supreme Court of the United... | |
 | 1877 - 448 Seiten
...The words of article 793 are : Every corporation is bound to maintain the roads, &c., &c., &c. Now, a corporation is an artificial being, invisible, intangible, and existing only in contemplation of law, or in the language of our Civil Code, article 352, it is an artificial or ideal person. I am at a loss... | |
 | 1877 - 430 Seiten
...France, nor in the United States of America. The Bar of Lower Canada having become a corporation, that is, an artificial being, invisible, intangible and existing only in contemplation of law, and the right of the members to practice the profession having become a corporate franchise, in lieu... | |
 | Orlando Bump - 1878 - 474 Seiten
...Sherman, 31 Miss. 679; McLeod v. Burroughs, 9 Geo. 213; Richmond RR Co. v. Louisa RR Co. 13 How. 71. A corporation is an artificial being, invisible, intangible,...upon it, either expressly or as incidental to its very existence. This being does not share in the civil government of the country unless that be the... | |
 | Isaac Grant Thompson - 1878 - 1018 Seiten
...acquired. Conceding, as we do, that the National bank defendant, " being the mere creature of the law, possesses only those properties which the charter of its creation confers upon it" (Dartmouth College v. Woodward, 4 Wheat. 518), and conceding as we may (but without deciding it), that... | |
 | Seymour Dwight Thompson - 1879 - 584 Seiten
...restraint, by transferring their shares, introduce other persons in their 4 Wheat. 636, is familiar: "A corporation is an artificial being, invisible,...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... | |
 | Henry Edward Wallace - 1879 - 676 Seiten
...franchise derived from the State, by direct or indirect grant, and by them accepted. A corporation being a mere creature of law, it possesses only those properties...upon it, either expressly or as incidental to its very existence; but this implies a right or authority to confer on individuals the special privileges... | |
 | Isaac Grant Thompson - 1879 - 912 Seiten
...How. 16 ; Runyan v. Coster's Lessee, 14 Pet. 122. " A corporation, being the mere creature of law, possesses only those properties which the charter...upon it, either expressly, or as incidental to its very existence." MARSHALL, CJ, in Dartmouth College v. Woodward, 4 Wheat. 518, 636. "An incidental... | |
 | Isaac Grant Thompson - 1879 - 886 Seiten
...petition cannot be enforced. "A corporation, being the creature of the law, possesses only those powers which the charter of its creation confers upon it, either expressly or as incidental to its very existence." 7 La. Ann. 314. "The modern doctrine," says Chancellor KENT, '• is to consider corporations... | |
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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... 
