 | Seymour Dwight Thompson - 1895 - 1100 pages
...following is the definition given by Chief Justice Marshall in the Dartmouth College case: " 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... | |
 | John Houston Merrill, Thomas Johnson Michie, Charles Frederic Williams, David Shephard Garland - 1895 - 1082 pages
...from the artificial nature of corporations, being based upon the supposed axiom, that as a corporation is "an artificial being, invisible, intangible, and existing only in contemplation of law," it possesses only those qualities with which its charter endows it, and is nonexistent, except for... | |
 | 1895 - 856 pages
...court.) SERVICE OF PROCESS UPON A FOREIGN CORPORATION. It is not surprising that in dealing' with " an artificial being, invisible.-, intangible, and existing only in contemplation of law," question* and problems more or less troublesome should arise. It is true enough when it is sought to... | |
 | American Philosophical Society - 1895 - 568 pages
...liabilities " (Holland's Jur.t pp. 74, 7S). In our law a corporation is defined by Chief Justice Marshal as " an artificial being, Invisible, intangible and existing only in contemplation of law" (Dartmouth w. Woodward, 4 Wheat Rep., 626). " It was chiefly," says Chancellor Kent, " for the purpose... | |
 | George H. Smith - 1895 - 174 pages
...liabilities " (Holland's Jur.t pp. 74, 75). ln our law a corporation is defined by Chief Justice Marshal as " an artificial being, invisible, intangible and .existing only in contemplation of law " (Dartmouth vs. Woodward, " lt was chiefly," says Chancellor Kent, " for the purpose of clothing the... | |
 | George Ticknor Curtis - 1896 - 812 pages
...civil goverument. Is it from the act of incorporation ? Let this subject be considered. A corporation is an artificial being — invisible, intangible, and existing only in contemplation of law. Being tho mere ereature of law, it possesses only these properties which the character of its ereation confer... | |
 | Fred Newton Scott, Joseph Villiers Denny, Joseph Villiers Denney - 1909 - 494 pages
...attentive consideration. — John Marshall : Constitutional Decisions. 10. Corporations. 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... | |
 | Maryland State Bar Association - 1898 - 184 pages
...of primogeniture; in its place we now have immortality. A corporation, said Chief Justice Marshall, "is an artificial being, invisible, intangible, and existing only in contemplation of law. Among its most important properties are immortality, and if the expression may be allowed, individuality;... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - 1896 - 768 pages
...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 title should ever be reconveyed to the Virginia corporation. But LEHIGH MINING AND MAN'F'G... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - 1896 - 762 pages
...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 title should ever be reconveyed to the Virginia corporation. But Opinion of the Court. when... | |
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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... 
