 | John Houston Merrill, Thomas Johnson Michie, Charles Frederic Williams, David Shephard Garland - 1895 - 1082 頁
...was drawn from the artificial nature of corporations, being based upon the supposed axiom, that as a corporation is "an artificial being, invisible,...intangible, and existing only in contemplation of law," it possesses only those qualities with which its charter endows it, and is nonexistent, except for... | |
 | American Philosophical Society - 1895 - 568 頁
...liabilities " (Holland's Jur.t pp. 74, 7S). In our law a corporation is defined by Chief Justice Marshal as " an artificial being, Invisible, intangible and existing only in contemplation of law" (Dartmouth w. Woodward, 4 Wheat Rep., 626). " It was chiefly," says Chancellor Kent, " for the purpose... | |
 | George H. Smith - 1895 - 174 頁
...liabilities " (Holland's Jur.t pp. 74, 75). ln our law a corporation is defined by Chief Justice Marshal as " an artificial being, invisible, intangible and .existing only in contemplation of law " (Dartmouth vs. Woodward, " lt was chiefly," says Chancellor Kent, " for the purpose of clothing the... | |
 | 1895 - 856 頁
...court.) SERVICE OF PROCESS UPON A FOREIGN CORPORATION. It is not surprising that in dealing' with " an artificial being, invisible.-, intangible, and existing only in contemplation of law," question* and problems more or less troublesome should arise. It is true enough when it is sought to... | |
 | George Ticknor Curtis - 1896 - 812 頁
...it, by being employed in the edncation of yonth, become members of civil goverument. Is it from the act of incorporation ? Let this subject be considered....intangible, and existing only in contemplation of law. Being tho mere ereature of law, it possesses only these properties which the character of its ereation confer... | |
 | Maryland State Bar Association - 1898 - 184 頁
...of primogeniture; in its place we now have immortality. A corporation, said Chief Justice Marshall, "is an artificial being, invisible, intangible, and existing only in contemplation of law. Among its most important properties are immortality, and if the expression may be allowed, individuality;... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - 1896 - 762 頁
...corporation. It is also true that there was no formal agreement upon the part of that corporation " as an artificial being, invisible, intangible, and existing only in contemplation of law," that the title should ever be reconveyed to the Virginia corporation. But Opinion of the Court. when... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - 1896 - 768 頁
...corporation. It is also true that there was no formal agreement upon the part of that corporation "as an artificial being, invisible, intangible, and existing only in contemplation of law," that the title should ever be reconveyed to the Virginia corporation. But LEHIGH MINING AND MAN'F'G... | |
 | Albion W. Small, Ellsworth Faris, Ernest Watson Burgess, Herbert Blumer - 1896 - 850 頁
...corporations? There is general agreement in the use of CJ Marshall's description of a corporation, viz.: "An artificial being, invisible, intangible, and existing only in contemplation of law." We are also generally agreed in taking for granted the doctrine of public corporations, familiar since... | |
 | 1897 - 360 頁
...was nevertheless an immortal being. In the celebrated Dartmouth College case his dictum was, that: "A corporation is an artificial being — invisible,...law, it possesses only those properties which the character of its creation confer upon it, either expressly or as accidental to its very existence.... | |
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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... 
