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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... "
Popular Law Library, Putney... - Page 213
by Albert H. Putney - 1908
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Reports of Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Supreme Court of the ..., Volume 4

United States. Supreme Court - 1819 - 816 pages
...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...
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Report of the Joint Committee of Both Houses of the General Assembly of Ohio ...

Ohio. General Assembly. Joint Committee on the Communication of the Auditor of State - 1821 - 76 pages
...to be instituted. " A corporation," says chief justice Marshal), id the case of Dartmouth College, " is an artificial "being; invisible, intangible, and..."contemplation of law. Being the mere creature " of law, it possesses only those properties, which " the charter of its creation confers upon it, either...
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Reports of Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Supreme ..., Volume 9; Volume 22

United States. Supreme Court - 1824 - 952 pages
...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,...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,...
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The Writings of John Marshall, Late Chief Justice of the United States, Upon ...

John Marshall - 1839 - 762 pages
...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,...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,...
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An Argument, in Favor of the Constitutionality of the General Banking Law of ...

Samuel Alfred Foot - 1839 - 112 pages
...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,...in contemplation of law. Being the mere creature of law, it possesses only those properties which the charter of its creation confers upon it. * . * *...
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A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the ..., Volume 1

John Bouvier - 1843 - 752 pages
...Dartmouth College against Woodward, 4 Wheat. Rep. 636, Chief Justice Marshall describes a corporation to be "an artificial being, invisible, intangible and existing...in contemplation of law. Being the mere creature of law," continues the judge, " it possesses only those properties which the charter of its creation confers...
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A Treatise on the Law of Private Corporations Aggregate

Joseph Kinnicut Angell, Samuel Ames - 1846 - 872 pages
...the celebrated case of Dartmouth College v. Woodward : t " A corporation," says the Chief Justice, " is an artificial being, invisible, intangible, and...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...
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Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of ..., Volume 55

Alabama. Supreme Court - 1878 - 738 pages
...name." In Dartmouth College v. Woodward, 4 Wheat. 636, Ch. J. MARSHALL said : "A corporation is au artificial being, invisible, intangible, and existing...law, it possesses only those properties which the charter of its creation confers upon it, either expressly, or as incidental to its very existence....
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Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of ..., Volume 45

Alabama. Supreme Court - 1871 - 818 pages
...misfeasance or nonfeasance, or from a failure to perform such contracts as it is authorized to make. " Beiag the mere creature of the law, it possesses only those properties which the character of its charter confers upon it expressly, or as incidental to its Very existence." — Marshall, CJ, in Dartmouth...
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Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of ..., Volume 22

New York (State). Supreme Court, John Lansing Wendell - 1847 - 704 pages
...nature of things, speaks of lhis feature of a corporation in this way : " A corporation is an ariificial 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. Among the...
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