...France, nor in the United States of America. The Bar of Lower Canada having become a corporation, that is, an artificial being, invisible, intangible and existing only in contemplation of law, and the right of the members to practice the profession having become a corporate franchise, in...

...Sherman, 31 Miss. 679; McLeod v. Burroughs, 9 Geo. 213; Richmond RR Co. v. Louisa RR Co. 13 How. 71. 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...

...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...

...restraint, by transferring their shares, introduce other persons in their 4 Wheat. 636, is familiar: "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...

...corporation la 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 coufers upon it, either expressly, or as incidental to its very existence." A number of later declarations...

...the Dartmouth College case, (4 Wheaton, 632,) that Chief Justice Marshall gave the definition that: "A corporation is an artificial being, invisible, intangible, and existing only in contemplation of law." It has the elements of immortality and of individuality. "The benefit to the public is considered...

...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...

...clearly and accurately defined by that greatest of all jurists. Chief Justice Marshall, in these words: "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...

...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, and existing only in contemplation of law. Being the mere creature of law, it possesses only those properties which the charter of its creation...

...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...