 | Victor Morawetz - 1886 - 630 דפים
...Corporation. — A corporation was described by Chief Justice Marshall, in the Dartmouth College Case,1 as " an artificial being, invisible, intangible, and existing only in contemplation of law." A corporation has also been designated a legal entity, a creature of the law, a legal institution,... | |
 | Evan McKenzie - 1994 - 260 דפים
...that can be granted or taken away, as reflected in Chief Justice John Marshall's statement that it is "an artificial being, invisible, intangible and existing only in contemplation of law."5 The other genealogical line is the long history of implicit freedom of association for business... | |
 | Marc Giguere - 1994 - 722 דפים
.... but a realty for legal purposes. (Brice, On the theory of ultra vires, p. 1, dans Giroux) .» 4- «A corporation is an artificial being, invisible, intangible, and existing only in cont emplat ion of law. Being the mere creature of law, it possesses only those properties which the... | |
 | John Rogers Commons - 434 דפים
...Sir Edward Coke and the ideas of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, described a corporation as "an artificial being, invisible, intangible and existing...expressly, or as incidental to its very existence. . . . Among the most important are immortality, and, if the expression may be allowed, individuality;... | |
 | Henry N. Butler, Larry E. Ribstein - 1995 - 236 דפים
...in the first great corporation case in this country, Trustees of Dartmouth College v. Woodward.™ A corporation is an artificial being, invisible, intangible,...creature of law, it possesses only those properties that the charter of its creation confers upon it, either expressly or as incidental to its very existence.... | |
 | William J. Novak - 1996 - 412 דפים
...John Marshall's classic statement appeared in Dartmouth College v. Woodward, 4 Wheat. 518 (1819), 636: "A corporation is an artificial being, invisible,...expressly, or as incidental to its very existence." 115. Ernst Freund, The Police Power: Public Policy and Constitutional Rights (Chicago, 1904), 358.... | |
 | R. P. Maheshwari - 1997 - 324 דפים
...members. The portion of the capital to which each member is entitled is his share." — Lord Lindley "A corporation is an artificial being, invisible,...intangible and existing only in contemplation of law. Being a mere creation of law, it possesses only the properties which the charter of its creation confers... | |
 | R. P. Maheshwari - 1997 - 398 דפים
...body and a common seal." Chief Justice Marshall of USA in Dartmouth College Case defined a company as, "A corporation is an artificial being, invisible, intangible and existing only in contemplation of the law. Being a mere creation of law, it possesses only the properties which the charter of its creation... | |
 | R. P. Maheshwari - 1997 - 248 דפים
...body and a common seal". Chief Justice Marshall of USA in Dartmouth College case defined a company as "A corporation is an artificial being, invisible, intangible and existing only in contemplation of the law. Being a mere creation of law, it possesses only the properties which the charter of its creation... | |
 | Nancy L. Rosenblum - 2000 - 450 דפים
...evolve. The contrasting view sees corporations as artificial entities. In Chief Justice Marshall's words: "a corporation is an artificial being, invisible,...possesses only those properties which the charter of creation confers upon it."87 It follows that corporations are restricted to the specific purposes set... | |
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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... 
