 | United States. Supreme Court - 1819 - Broj stranica: 816
...18i9. the act of incorporation ? Let this subject be -*"^^v"^fc' dered. Dartmouth . . . . ... College A corporation is an artificial being, invisible, intangible, and existing only in contemplation of b. Being the mere creature of law, it possesses oaly those properties which the charter of its creation... | |
 | Ohio. General Assembly. Joint Committee on the Communication of the Auditor of State - 1821 - Broj stranica: 76
...to be instituted. " A corporation," says chief justice Marshal), id the case of Dartmouth College, " is an artificial "being; invisible, intangible, and...its creation confers upon it, either " expressly, or as incidental to its very existence. "These are such as are supposed best calculated " to effect... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - 1824 - Broj stranica: 990
...character of a bank, con- "^Y^* ^ . • it Us&orn stituted by individual stockholders. Its rights and T. privileges, its liabilities and disabilities, are...of its creation confers upon it, either expressly, or as incidental to its existence. These are such as arc supposed best calculated to effect the object... | |
 | 1843 - Broj stranica: 530
...corporation is considered an artificial being, existing only in contemplation of law ; and being a mere creature of law, it possesses only those properties...of its creation confers upon it, either expressly or as incidental to its very existence. Corporations created by statute must depend for their powers,... | |
 | John Marshall - 1839 - Broj stranica: 762
...members of the civil government. Is it from the act of incorporation ? Let this subject be considered. A corporation is an artificial being, invisible, intangible,...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... | |
 | Samuel Alfred Foot - 1839 - Broj stranica: 112
...on the principles and true nature of things, speaks of this feature of a corporation in this way : " A corporation is an artificial being, invisible, intangible,...which the charter of its creation confers upon it. * . * * Among the most important are immortality, and, if the expression may be allowed, individuality;... | |
 | John Bouvier - 1843 - Broj stranica: 752
...Dartmouth College against Woodward, 4 Wheat. Rep. 636, Chief Justice Marshall describes a corporation to be "an artificial being, invisible, intangible and existing...contemplation of law. Being the mere creature of law," continues the judge, " it possesses only those properties which the charter of its creation confers... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - 1844 - Broj stranica: 800
...assert no new principle. In t ic case of Dartmouth College f. Woodward^ 4 Wheat. 636, this court says, " a corporation is an artificial being, invisible, intangible,...of its creation confers upon it, either expressly or as incidental to its very existence. These are such as were supposed best calculated to effect the... | |
 | Joseph Kinnicut Angell, Samuel Ames - 1846 - Broj stranica: 872
...the celebrated case of Dartmouth College v. Woodward : t " A corporation," says the Chief Justice, " is an artificial being, invisible, intangible, and...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... | |
 | 1846 - Broj stranica: 632
...which are entitled to more weight. We are informed that a corporation possesses only those powers or properties which the charter of its creation confers upon it, either expressly, oras incidental to its very existence. — Dartmouth College vs. Woodward. The incidental or implied... | |
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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... 
