 ... It is very true, that a corporation can have no legal existence out of the boundaries of the sovereignty by which it is created. It exists only in contemplation of law, and by force of the law; and where that law ceases to operate, and is no longer...  Committee Prints - Page 5by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary - 1947Full view - About this book
 | Kentucky. Court of Appeals, James Hughes, Achilles Sneed, Martin D. Hardin, George Minos Bibb, Alexander Keith Marshall, William Littell - Law reports, digests, etc - 1870 - 840 pages
...where that law ceases to operate, and is no longer obligatory, the corporation can have no existence. It must dwell in the place of its creation, and cannot migrate to another sovereignty ; but although it must live and have its being in that State only, yet it does not follow that its... | |
 | Law - 1843 - 516 pages
...(Rights of corporations under the laws and constitution of the United States.) It is very true that a corporation can have no legal existence out of the...boundaries of the sovereignty by which it is created. It exists only in contemplation of law, and by force of the law ; and where that law ceases to operate,... | |
 | New Jersey. Court of Chancery - Law reports, digests, etc - 1907 - 930 pages
...1839) ; W L. Ed. 27 Jt. In the decision of that case, Chief-Justice Tancy said: "It is very true that a corporation can have no legal existence out of the...boundaries of the sovereignty by which it is created. It exists only in contemplation of law and by force of the law, and where that law ceases to operate and... | |
 | Commerce - 1839 - 566 pages
...plaintiffs acquired a legal title to the bills by the purchase. The court said it was very true that a corporation can have no legal existence, out of...boundaries of the sovereignty by which it is created. It exists only in contemplation of law, and by force of the law, a»d where that law ceases to operate... | |
 | 1839 - 568 pages
...where that law ceases to operate and is no longer obligatory, the corporation can have no existence. It must dwell in the place of its creation, and cannot migrate to another sovereignty. But although it must live and have its being in that state only, yet it does not by any means follow,... | |
 | Virginia. Supreme Court of Appeals - Law reports, digests, etc - 1843 - 900 pages
...without this commonwealth. For, as is said by the court in The Bank of Augusta v. Earle, 13 Peters 588, "a corporation can have no legal existence out of...boundaries of the sovereignty by which it is created. It exists only in contemplation of law and by force of the law; and where that law ceases to operate and... | |
 | Arkansas. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1888 - 666 pages
...the opinion of the court, in Bank of Augusta v. Earle, 13 Peters, 588, said: "It is very true that a corporation can have no legal existence out of the...boundaries of the sovereignty by which it is created. It exists only in contemplation of the law, Watson v. Thompson Lumber Co. and by force of the law, and... | |
 | Commercial law - 1847 - 554 pages
...and that it must necessarily be incapable of making a contract in another place. It is very true that a corporation can have no legal existence out of the...boundaries of the sovereignty by which it is created. It exists only in contemplation of law, and by force of the law ; and where that law ceases to operate,... | |
 | Pennsylvania. Court of Common Pleas (Philadelphia County) - 1853 - 612 pages
...subscribed to such corporation, on the application of a creditor of such company. A corporation has no legal existence out of the boundaries of the sovereignty by which it was created. The official functions of the agents and officers of such a corporation do not follow... | |
 | William Tidd - Civil procedure - 1856 - 838 pages
...Jersey, and, to borrow the language of Ch. J. Taney, in. Sank of Augusta v. Earle, 13 Peters, 588, it must dwell in the place of its creation ; and cannot migrate into another sovereignty. But as natural persons, through the intervention of agents, are continually... | |
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