| California - 1876 - 622 páginas
...to be elected. 300. Ranking corporations may elect to have capital stock. § 283. A CORPORATION is a creature of the law, having certain powers and duties of a natural person. Reing created by the law, it may continue for any length of time which the law prescribes. § 284.... | |
| John Proffatt - 1876 - 252 páginas
...certified copy of certificate is to be filed, and where. 283. Corporation defined. A corporation is a creature of the law, having certain powers and duties of a natural persoo. Being created by the law, it may continue for any length of time which the law prescribes.... | |
| Missouri. Supreme Court - 1922 - 858 páginas
...organized under the laws of California : "A corporation, as defined by Section 283 of the Civil Code 'is a creature of the law. having certain powers and duties of a natural person.' Under this broad definition, the levee district has the attributes of a corporation. It is 'a creature... | |
| Charles Adolph Son - 1901 - 720 páginas
...subject to be sued, in all courts, in like cases as natural persons. CC Sec. 283. A corporation is a creature of the law, having certain powers and duties...by the law, it may continue for any length of time wnich the law prescribes. Classification. CC Sec. 284. Corporations are eitker public or private. Public... | |
| Horace La Fayette Wilgus - 1902 - 1252 páginas
...or separately, but ojilv collectively as one fictitious whole." The California code of 1872 calls it "a creature of the law having certain powers and duties of a natural person." Section 283. This is repeated in the codes of South Dakota (1883 >, § 373 ; and Oklahoma, § 944.... | |
| Anthony Jennings Bledsoe - 1903 - 508 páginas
...CORPORATIONS.— The definition of corporations given by the law of California is, "A corporation is a creature of the law, having certain powers and duties of a natural person." Unlike a natural person, who may act in business affairs as his individual will may dictate, a corporation... | |
| California - 1909 - 912 páginas
...stock. 300a. Change of name ; filing copy of decree. Corporations defined. § 283. A corporation is :i creature of the law. having certain powers and duties of a natural person. Heing created by the law, it may continue for any length of time which the law prescribes. Enacted... | |
| Willis Ernest Johnson - 1911 - 358 páginas
...upon consideration of marriage, other than a mutual promise to marry. CORPORATION. "A corporation Is a creature of the law, having certain powers and duties of a natural person." "Corporations are either public or private." "Public corporations are formed or organized for the government... | |
| Fabius M. Clarke - 1916 - 1012 páginas
...CORPORATIONS — DEFINITION Section 283 of the Civil Code is as follows : § 283. A corporation is a creature of the law, having certain powers and duties of a natural person. Being created by law, it may continue for any length of time which the law prescribes. PRIVATE CORPORATIONS, HOW FORMED... | |
| Asa Merrill Fairfield - 1916 - 556 páginas
...Roop aside and instructed him on the proper answer to this question, telling him, 'A corporation is a creature of the law, having certain powers and duties of a natural person.' When the governor was called upon to answer the question, he said, 'A corporation is a band of fellows... | |
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