 | Massachusetts. General Court. Senate - 1833 - 806 pages
...made no express contract which has been impaired by the Act of which the plaintiffs complain. •TV The great object of an incorporation is to bestow...character and properties of individuality on a collective body of men ; this capacity is always given to such a body. Any privileges which may exempt it from... | |
 | Jacob D. Wheeler - 1834 - 626 pages
...may come when a duty may be imposed on manufactures. Would an incorporated company be exempted ? The object of an incorporation is to bestow the character...individuality on a collective and changing body of men. Any privileges which exempt it from the burthens common to individuals, do not necessarily flow from... | |
 | United States. Circuit Court (1st Circuit), Charles Sumner - 1836 - 634 pages
...R. 634 ; Philips v. Bury, 2 Term R. 346, note. The Alien v. McKeen. great object of an incor|ionuion is to bestow the character and properties of individuality on a collective and changing body of men. 4 Pet. R. 5'.i2. And wherever the acceptance of the charter is necessary to give operation to the act... | |
 | Henry Baldwin - 1837 - 236 pages
...of their franchises as fully as an individual; Co. Lit. 132, b; 2 DCD 300; 1 Saund. 345. It bestows the character and properties of individuality on a collective and changing body of men; 4 Pet. 562; by which their rights become as sacred as if they were held in severalty by natural person.... | |
 | Henry Baldwin - 1837 - 230 pages
...of their franchises as fully as an individual; Co. Lit. 132, b; 2 DCD 300; 1 Saund. 345. It bestows the character and properties of individuality on a collective and changing body of men; 4 Pet. 562; by which their rights become as sacred as if they were held in severally by natural person.... | |
 | John Marshall - 1839 - 762 pages
...Would an incorporated company be exempted from this duty, as the mere consequence of its charter ? The great object of an incorporation is to bestow...men. This capacity is always given to such a body. (_Any privileges which may exempt it from the burdens common to individuals do not flow necessarily... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - 1844 - 800 pages
...object like one immortal being." Again, the Providence Bank and Billings, 4 Peters, 514, it is said, " the great object of an incorporation is to bestow...body. 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,... | |
 | 1846 - 632 pages
...was delivered by Chief Justice Marshall, will apply to the present caso with still greater force. " The great object of an incorporation is to bestow...men. This capacity is always given to such a body. And privileges which may exempt it from the burthens commun to individuals do not flow necessarily... | |
 | Joseph Kinnicut Angell, Samuel Ames - 1846 - 872 pages
...person, exercising the same powers, would be." In a subsequent case, the same distinguished Judge says: " The great object of an incorporation is to bestow...individuality on a collective and changing body of men." 1 Blackstone defines a corporation to be a franchise; and each individual of the corporation, he says,... | |
 | 1846 - 632 pages
...individuality on a collective and changing body of men. This capacity is always given to such a body. And privileges which may exempt it from the burthens common to individuals do not (low necessarily from the charter, but must be expressed in it, or they do not exist." For this corporation... | |
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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. 
