 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 obligatory,...  United States Supreme Court Reports - Page 308by United States. Supreme Court - 1911Full view - About this book
 | United States. Supreme Court - Courts - 1940 - 894 pages
...Cranch 57. Throughout, the mode of thought was metaphorical. The classic doctrine was that a corporation "must dwell in the place of its creation, and cannot migrate to another sovereignty." Bank of Augusta v. Earle, 13 Pet. 519, 588. Logically applied, this theory of non-migration prevented... | |
 | 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
...only in contemplation of law, and by the force of law; and where that law ceases to operate, and is no longer obligatory, the corporation can have no...have its being in that State only, yet it does not follow that its existence there will not be recognized in other places; and its residence in one State,... | |
 | Law - 1843 - 516 pages
...only in contemplation of law, and by force of the law ; and where that law ceases to operate, and is no longer obligatory, the corporation can have no...means follow that its existence there will not be recognised in other places ; and its residence in one state creates no insuperable objection to its... | |
 | Law - 1843 - 530 pages
...only in contemplation of law, and by force of the law : and when that law ceases to operate, and is no longer obligatory, the corporation can have no...cannot migrate to another sovereignty. But although it may live and have its being in that state only, yet it does not follow that its existence there will... | |
 | New Jersey. Court of Chancery - Law reports, digests, etc - 1907 - 930 pages
...exists only in contemplation of law and by force of the law, and where that law ceases to operate and is no longer obligatory, the corporation can have no...creation and cannot migrate to another sovereignty.'' This theory was the basis of the decision of the cases which held that a corporation could not be sued... | |
 | 1839 - 568 pages
...only in contemplation of law, and by force of the law, and where that law ceases to operate and is no longer obligatory, the corporation can have no...means follow, that its existence there will not be recognised in other places, and its residence in one state creates no insuperable objection to its... | |
 | Commerce - 1839 - 566 pages
...only in contemplation of law, and by force of the law, a»d where that law ceases to operate and is no longer obligatory, the corporation can have no...means follow, that its existence there will not be recognised in other places, and its residence in one state creates no insuperable objection to its... | |
 | Law - 1843 - 520 pages
...only in contemplation of law, and by force of the law ; and where that law ceases to operate, and is no longer obligatory, the corporation can have no...But although it must live and have its being in that slate only, yet it does not by any means follow that its existence there will not be recognised in... | |
 | Virginia. Supreme Court of Appeals - Law reports, digests, etc - 1843 - 900 pages
...only in contemplation of law and by force of the law; and where that law ceases to operate, and is no longer obligatory, the corporation can have no...creation, and cannot migrate to another sovereignty." Though there had been no conflict in the opinions of the two courts referred to, and both had decided... | |
 | Joseph Kinnicut Angell, Samuel Ames - Business enterprises - 1846 - 872 pages
...exists only in contemplation of law and by force of law; and when that law ceases to operate, and is no longer obligatory, the corporation can have no...cannot migrate to another sovereignty. But although 1 Holbrook v. Union Bank of Alexandria, 7 Wheat. R. 553. • Hartridge et al. v. Rockwell, RM Carlton,... | |
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