 | 1908 - 1284 페이지
...members without dissolution. As said by Chief Justice Marshall, 'the great object of a corporation is to bestow the character and properties of individuality on a collective and changing body of men' " — citing Providence Bank v. Billings, 4 Pet. (US) 514, 7 L. Ed. 939. The testatrix, Catharine Ann... | |
 | 1899 - 896 페이지
...transfer notes by indorsement, is invalid as applied to notes then in such bank's hands. Corporations.— The great object of an incorporation is to bestow the character and properties of individuality on a collected and changing body of men, p. 562. The following citing cases affirm and apply this proposition:... | |
 | 1899 - 806 페이지
...plead or impleaded, in any court of law or equity in the United States. The object of a corporation is to bestow the character and properties of individuality on a collective and changing body, of men. A corporation s clearly then a creature of law and its leading function is governmental, consisting... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - 1912 - 1208 페이지
...Providence Bank v. Billings, 4 Pet. 514, it is said by Ch. J. Marshall : "Tlie great object •of nn incorporation is, to bestow the character -and properties of individuality on a collected «nd changing body of men. Any privilege which may exempt it from the burdens common to individuals,... | |
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Any privileges which may exempt it from the burdens common to individuals do not flow necessarily from the charter, but must be expressed in it, or they do not exist. 
