 | United States. Supreme Court - 1824 - 952 стор.
...the power to tax the business, if vested in different hands, are thus held to be incompatible, aiid from this incompatibility the exemption is deemed...it, either expressly, or as incidental to its very existence"" This position involves several inquiries, which may be embraced in an examination of the... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - 1824 - 990 стор.
...invisible, intangible, and existing only in contemplation of law. Being the mere creature of law, it possesses only those properties which the charter...upon it, either expressly, or as incidental to its existence. These are such as arc supposed best calculated to effect the object for whieh'it was created.... | |
 | 1843 - 530 стор.
...considered an artificial being, existing only in contemplation of law ; and being a mere creature of law, it possesses only those properties which the charter...it, either expressly or as incidental to its very existence. Corporations created by statute must depend for their powers, and the mode of exercising... | |
 | John Marshall - 1839 - 762 стор.
...invisible, intangible, and existing only in contemplation of law. Being the mere creature of law. it possesses only those properties which the charter...it, either expressly, or as incidental to its very existence. These are such as are supposed best calculated to effect the object for which it was created.... | |
 | Samuel Alfred Foot - 1839 - 112 стор.
...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 most important are immortality, and, if the expression may be allowed, individuality;... | |
 | John Bouvier - 1843 - 752 стор.
...and existing only in contemplation of law. Being the mere creature of law," continues the judge, " it possesses only those properties which the charter...it, either expressly or as incidental to its very existence. These are such as are supposed best calculated to effect the object for which it was created.... | |
 | 1846 - 632 стор.
...which are entitled to more weight. We are informed that a corporation possesses only those powers or properties which the charter of its creation confers upon it, either expressly, oras incidental to its very existence. — Dartmouth College vs. Woodward. The incidental or implied... | |
 | 1847 - 554 стор.
...invisible, intangible, and existing only in contemplation of law. Being a mere creature of the law, it possesses only those properties which the charter...it, either expressly, or as incidental to its very existence." And in the case of the Bank of the United States vs. Dandridge, 12 Wheat. 64, where the... | |
 | Alabama. Supreme Court - 1878 - 738 стор.
...invisible, intangible, and existing only in contemplation of law. Being the mere creature of the law, it possesses only those properties which the charter...it, either expressly, or as incidental to its very existence. These are such as are supposed to be best calculated to effect the object for which it is... | |
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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... 
