 | United States. Supreme Court - 1819 - 816 pages
...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... | |
 | Ohio. General Assembly. Joint Committee on the Communication of the Auditor of State - 1821 - 76 pages
...to be instituted. " A corporation," says chief justice Marshal), id the case of Dartmouth College, " is an artificial "being; invisible, intangible, and...which " the charter of its creation confers upon it, either " expressly, or as incidental to its very existence. "These are such as are supposed best calculated... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - 1824 - 952 pages
...better answer cannot be given, than that contained in the definition of a corporation by this Court: " A corporation is an artificial being, invisible, intangible,...which the charter of its creation confers upon it, either expressly, or as incidental to its existence. These are such as are supposed best calculated... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - 1824 - 990 pages
...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 of its creation confers upon it, either expressly, or as incidental to its very existence."" This position involves several inquiries,... | |
 | 1843 - 530 pages
...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, either expressly or as incidental to its very existence. Corporations created by statute must depend... | |
 | John Marshall - 1839 - 762 pages
...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,...which the charter of its creation confers upon it, either expressly, or as incidental to its very existence. These are such as are supposed best calculated... | |
 | John Bouvier - 1843 - 752 pages
...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... | |
 | Joseph Kinnicut Angell, Samuel Ames - 1846 - 872 pages
...the celebrated case of Dartmouth College v. Woodward : t " A corporation," says the Chief Justice, " is an artificial being, invisible, intangible, and...which the charter of its creation confers upon it, either expressly, or as incidental to its very existence. These are such as are supposed best calculated... | |
 | Alabama. Supreme Court - 1878 - 738 pages
...name." In Dartmouth College v. Woodward, 4 Wheat. 636, Ch. J. MARSHALL said : "A corporation is au artificial being, invisible, intangible, and existing...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... | |
 | 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... | |
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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... 
