corporation aggregate
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 80 U.S. 517 - Railroad Company v. Soutter et al. · 1871Most cited · 92 citing opinions
A corporation aggregate retains its identity through all the changes that may take place in its individual membership.
How often courts cite the cases defining “corporation aggregate”
Court decisions citing the 2 opinions that defined “corporation aggregate” — 130 in all, by decade. Counts are citations to the defining cases as a whole, not verified uses of the term. The dip in the most recent years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the latest years.
All 2 definitions, chronological · 1809–1871
- ORIGINAL
It is the body politic, the moral person, that sues; and not the individuals who compose the corporation. Its powers, its duties and capacities are different from those of the individuals of whom it is composed. It can neither derive benefit from the privileges, nor suffer injury by the incapacities, of any of those individuals.
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