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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... "
Monopolies and the People - Page 206
by D. C. Cloud - 1873 - 462 pages
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Commentaries on the Laws of England, Volume 1

Herbert Broom, Edward Alfred Hadley - 1875 - 966 pages
...being, invisible, intangible, and existing only in contemplation of law. Being the mere creature of the law, it possesses only those properties which the...its creation confers upon it, either expressly or as incidental to its very existence. These are such as are supposed best calculated to effect the object...
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Cases Argued and Determined in the Circuit and District Courts of ..., Volume 4

United States. Circuit Court (7th Circuit), Josiah Hooker Bissell - 1875 - 598 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...its creation confers upon it, either expressly, or as incident to its very, existence."1 Under the Indiana Constitution, every statute is a public law...
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Treatise on the Law of Executions

Henry Morrison Herman - 1876 - 906 pages
...being, invisible, intangible, and existing only in contemplation of law. Being the mere creature of the law, it possesses only those properties which the...incidental to its very existence. These are such as are best calculated to effect that object for which it was created. Among the most important of these are...
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The American Law Register, Volume 15

1876 - 816 pages
...Chief Justice MARSHALL, in Dartmouth College v. Woodward, 4 Wheat. 518, " is the mere creature of the law ; it possesses only those properties which the...its creation confers upon it, either expressly or as incidental to its very existence ;" and as was expressed by the same great judge, in Providence...
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Reports of Cases in Law and Equity, Determined in the Supreme ..., Volume 41

Iowa. Supreme Court - 1876 - 762 pages
...Wheaton, 518, Chief Justice Marshall says "a corporation is an artificial being, the mere creature of the law; it possesses only those properties which the...its creation confers upon it, either expressly or as incidental to its existence." And in Providence Sank v. Billings, 4 Peters, 514, the same judge...
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The American Reports: Containing All Decisions of General ..., Volume 18

Isaac Grant Thompson - 1876 - 842 pages
...Telegraph Co. Conceding, as we do, that the national bank, defendant, " being the more creatnre 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...
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The American Reports: Containing All Decisions of General ..., Volume 20

Isaac Grant Thompson - 1877 - 882 pages
...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...its creation confers upon it, either expressly or as incidental to its existence." And in Providence Bankv. Jit/lings, -I Peters, 514, the same judge...
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Reports of Cases Determined in the Supreme Court of the Territory ..., Volume 2

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 pages
...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...
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Notes of Constitutional Decisions: Being a Digest of the Judicial ...

Orlando Bump - 1878 - 474 pages
...artificial being, invisible, intangible, and existing only in contemplation of law. Being the mere creature of law, it possesses only those properties which the...its creation confers upon it, either expressly or as incidental to its very existence. This being does not share in the civil government of the country...
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National Bank Cases: Containing All Decisions of Both the Federal and State ...

Isaac Grant Thompson - 1878 - 1018 pages
...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...
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