 | 1882 - 692 str.
...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...expressly or as incidental to its very existence;" Dartmouth College v. Woodward, 4 Wheat. 618, 636; and that grants of power to individuals to construct,... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - 1882 - 798 str.
...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 str.
...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 str.
...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...either expressly or as incidental to its very existence " (Dartmouth College v. Woodward, 4 Wheat. 518, 636); and that grants of power to individuals to construct,... | |
 | Illinois. Appellate Court, James Bolesworth Bradwell - 1883 - 722 str.
...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 str.
...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*'... | |
 | 1884 - 1062 str.
...Wheat., 636, the same principle was again decided by the court. " A corporation," said the court, " is 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 confers... | |
 | 1915 - 1230 str.
...follows: 'A corporation being a mere creature of law, possesses only those properties which the charter confers upon it, either expressly or as incidental to its very existence. The author further states: 'As relates to the exercise of powers it is generally regarded that corporations... | |
 | Robert Stewart Morrison - 1884 - 778 str.
...phrase, " to do business," is a matter of elaborate argument by counsel. A corporation is defined to be "an artificial being, invisible, intangible and existing only in contemplation of law." It can do no acts, either within or without the State which creates it, except such as are authorized... | |
 | 1885 - 916 str.
...(CONST., §§ 2099-2117), this court says: "A corporation is an artificial being, invisible, intangibly and existing only in contemplation of law. Being the...incidental to its very existence. These are such as were supposed best calculated to effect the object for which it was created. Among the most important... | |
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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... 
