 | Charles Theodore Boone - 1881 - 626 頁
...corporations. 5 11. Municipal corporations. S 12. What bodies are not, corporations. § 1. Definition.— A corporation is an artificial being; invisible, intangible, and existing only in contemplation of law;1 and it possesses only those properties and power* which are conferred upon it by its creator.2... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - 1883 - 1240 頁
...no new principle. In the case of Dartmouth, College v. Woodward (4 Wheat., 636), this court says, " a corporation is an artificial being, invisible, intangible,...upon it, either expressly or as incidental to its very existence. These are such as were supposed uest calculated to effect the object for which it was... | |
 | 1882 - 692 頁
...compensation. We fully agree that this corporation is the creature of the law, and that being such, "'it possesses only those properties which the charter...upon it, either expressly or as incidental to its very existence;" Dartmouth College v. Woodward, 4 Wheat. 618, 636; and that grants of power to individuals... | |
 | John Bouvier - 1882 - 734 頁
...corporation existing otherwise than by a charter, which is within the memory of man and can be proved. 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 to effect the object for which it was... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - 1882 - 798 頁
...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, cither expressly or as incidental to its very existence. "' This position involves several inquiries,... | |
 | Canada. Superintendent of Insurance - 1882 - 540 頁
...seen is that of Chief Justice Marshall, in Dartmouth College v. Woodward, 4 Wheat, 518,636. He said: " A corporation is an artificial being, invisible, intangible, and •existing only in tho contemplation of law. Being tho mere creature of law, it possesses only those properties which... | |
 | Isaac Grant Thompson - 1883 - 958 頁
...compensation. We fully agree that this corporation is the creature of the law, and that being such, "it possesses only those properties which the charter...upon it, either expressly or as incidental to its very existence " (Dartmouth College v. Woodward, 4 Wheat. 518, 636); and that grants of power to individuals... | |
 | Illinois. Appellate Court, James Bolesworth Bradwell - 1883 - 722 頁
...corporation aggregate; and is. in the language of Chief Justice Marshall in the Dartmouth College case, "an artificial being, invisible, intangible, and existing only in contemplation of law." How could such a being come into court and be examined orally touching anything? The thing bsing impossible,... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - 1896 - 1242 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 titleb should ever be reconveyed to the Virginia^ corporation. But* when the Inquiry Involves*'... | |
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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... 
