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Federal Decisions: Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme, Circuit and ... - Page 580
1885
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The American Reports: Containing All Decisions of General ..., Volume 18

Isaac Grant Thompson - Law reports, digests, etc - 1876 - 842 pages
...Telegraph Co. Conceding, as we do, that the national bank, defendant, " being the more creatnre of the law, possesses only those properties which the charter of its creation confers upon it" (Dartmouth College v. Woodward, 4 Wheat. 518), and conceding as we may (but without deciding it), that...
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Treatise on the Law of Executions

Henry Morrison Herman - Executions (Law) - 1876 - 906 pages
...360. EXECUTIONS AGAINST CORPORATIONS. A corporation " is an artificial being, invisible, intangible, and existing only in contemplation of law. Being the mere creature of the law, it possesses only those properties which the charter of its creation confers upon it, either...
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The American Reports: Containing All Decisions of General ..., Volume 20

Isaac Grant Thompson - Law reports, digests, etc - 1877 - 882 pages
...Wheaton, ol)S, Chief Justice MARSHALL says "a corporation is an artificial being, the mere creature of the law ; it possesses only those properties which the...upon it, either expressly or as incidental to its existence." And in Providence Bankv. Jit/lings, -I Peters, 514, the same judge says : " The great object...
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Reports of Cases Determined in the Supreme Court of the Territory ..., Volume 2

Utah. Supreme Court, Albert Hagan, John Augustine Marshall, John Maxcy Zane, James A. Williams, Joseph M. Tanner, George L. Nye, John Walcott Thompson, August B. Edler, Alonzo Blair Irvine, Harmel L. Pratt, William S. Dalton, H. Arnold Rich - Law reports, digests, etc - 1881 - 678 pages
...Woodward, held that a corporation " being the mere creature of the law, it possesses only those powers which the charter of its creation confers upon it,...expressly or as incidental to its very existence." 4 Wheat. 636. The same doctrine is again laid down by the Supreme Court of the United States, in almost...
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Notes of Constitutional Decisions: Being a Digest of the Judicial ...

Orlando Bump - Constitutional law - 1878 - 474 pages
...Richmond RR Co. v. Louisa RR Co. 13 How. 71. A corporation is an artificial being, invisible, intangible, and existing only in contemplation of law. Being the...expressly or as incidental to its very existence. This being does not share in the civil government of the country unless that be the purpose for which...
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National Bank Cases: Containing All Decisions of Both the Federal and State ...

Isaac Grant Thompson - National banks (U.S.) - 1878 - 1018 pages
...acquired. Conceding, as we do, that the National bank defendant, " being the mere creature of the law, possesses only those properties which the charter of its creation confers upon it" (Dartmouth College v. Woodward, 4 Wheat. 518), and conceding as we may (but without deciding it), that...
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A Treatise on the Liability of Stockholders in Corporations

Seymour Dwight Thompson - Corporation law - 1879 - 584 pages
...persons in their 4 Wheat. 636, is familiar: "A corporation is an artificial being, invisible, intangible, and existing only in contemplation of law. Being the...incidental to its very existence. These are such as are supposed best calculated to effect the object for which it was created. Among the most important...
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Philadelphia Reports, Volume 10

Henry Edward Wallace - Law reports, digests, etc - 1879 - 676 pages
...franchise derived from the State, by direct or indirect grant, and by them accepted. A corporation being a mere creature of law, it possesses only those properties...expressly or as incidental to its very existence; but this implies a right or authority to confer on individuals the special privileges or franchises...
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The American Reports: Containing All Decisions of General ..., Volume 28

Isaac Grant Thompson - Law reports, digests, etc - 1879 - 912 pages
...How. 16 ; Runyan v. Coster's Lessee, 14 Pet. 122. " A corporation, being the mere creature of law, possesses only those properties which the charter...expressly, or as incidental to its very existence." MARSHALL, CJ, in Dartmouth College v. Woodward, 4 Wheat. 518, 636. "An incidental power is one that...
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The American Reports: Containing All Decisions of General ..., Volume 26

Isaac Grant Thompson - Law reports, digests, etc - 1879 - 886 pages
...petition cannot be enforced. "A corporation, being the creature of the law, possesses only those powers which the charter of its creation confers upon it,...expressly or as incidental to its very existence." 7 La. Ann. 314. "The modern doctrine," says Chancellor KENT, '• is to consider corporations as having...
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