| 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
...law, and by the force of law; and where that law ceases to operate, and is no longer obligatory, the corporation can have no existence. It must dwell in...creation, and cannot migrate to another sovereignty ; but although it must live and have its being in that State only, yet it does not follow that its... | |
| Law - 1843 - 516 pages
...law, and by force of the law ; and where that law ceases to operate, and is no longer obligatory, the corporation can have no existence. It must dwell in...creation, and cannot migrate to another sovereignty. But although it must live and have its being in that state only, yet it does not by any means follow... | |
| New Jersey. Court of Chancery - Law reports, digests, etc - 1907 - 930 pages
...law and by force of the law, and where that law ceases to operate and is no longer obligatory, the corporation can have no existence. It must dwell in...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
...law, and by force of the law, and where that law ceases to operate and is no longer obligatory, the corporation can have no existence. It must dwell in...creation, and cannot migrate to another sovereignty. But although it must live and have its being in that state only, yet it does not by any means follow,... | |
| Virginia. Supreme Court of Appeals - Law reports, digests, etc - 1843 - 900 pages
...law and by force of the law; and where that law ceases to operate, and is no longer obligatory, the corporation can have no existence. It must dwell in...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... | |
| Arkansas. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1888 - 666 pages
...Co. and by force of the law, and where that law ceases to operate, and is no longer obligatory, the corporation can have no existence. It must dwell in...creation, and cannot migrate to another sovereignty. But although it must live and have its being in that State only, yet it does not by any means follow... | |
| Commercial law - 1847 - 554 pages
...law, and by force of the law ; and where that law ceases to operate, and is no longer obligatory, the corporation can have no existence. It must dwell in...creation, and cannot migrate to another sovereignty. But although it must live and have its being in that State only, yet it does not by any means follow... | |
| United States. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1855 - 702 pages
...exists only in contemplation of law and by force of the law ; and where that law ceases to operate the corporation can. have no existence. It must dwell in the place of its creation." Bank of Augusta v. Earle, 13 Pet. 512. The persons who act under these faculties, and use this corporate... | |
| William Tidd - Civil procedure - 1856 - 838 pages
...Jersey, and, to borrow the language of Ch. J. Taney, in. Sank of Augusta v. Earle, 13 Peters, 588, it must dwell in the place of its creation ; and cannot migrate into another sovereignty. But as natural persons, through the intervention of agents, are continually... | |
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