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 206by D. C. Cloud - 1873 - 462 pagesFull view - About this book
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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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