...member of the corporation. Louisville, Cincinnati, and Charlettan Kail-road Company v. Letion, 497. 15. A corporation created by, and transacting business in a state, is to be deemed an inhabitant of the stale, capable of being treated as a citizen for all pnrposes.of suing and being sued ; and an averment...

...Ho,eard's US Rep. 497. It was there held, that a corporation created and doing business in a state, was an inhabitant of the state, capable of being treated...citizen, for all purposes of suing and being sued, although some of the members of the corporation were not citizens of the state in which the suit was...

...United States to controversies between " citizens of different States." They have asserted that, " a corporation created by, and transacting business...inhabitant of the State, capable of being treated Bundle et al. v. Delaware and Raritan Canal Company. as a citizen, for all the purposes of suing and...

...opposite party was a citizen.4 But this doctrine has since been reversed, and it has been held, that a corporation created by, and transacting business...facts of its creation and the place of transacting its business, is sufficient to bring it within the jurisdiction.5 But the law on this subject cannot...

...Howard's US Rep. 497. It was there held, that a corporation created and doing business in a state, was an inhabitant of the state, capable of being treated...citizen, for all purposes of suing and being sued, although some of the members of the corporation were not citizens of the itate in which the suit was...

...which established the .very important principle that a corporation is to be deemed an inhabitant of a State, capable of being treated as a citizen, for all purposes of suing and being sued, a principle not only denied by former decisions of the Court, but the opposite of which had been considered...

...in 2 How. US 497. It was there held, that a corporation created and doing business in a state, was an inhabitant of the state, capable of being treated...citizen, for all purposes of suing and being sued, althongh some of the members of the corporation were not citizens of the state in which the suit was...

...of Mr. Phillips, it is immaterial to consider, as they have been overruled, and it is now held that a corporation created by, and transacting business...inhabitant of the State, capable of being treated as a cilizen, for all purposes of suing and being sued. Louisville Railroad Co. ». Letson, 2 How. 497;...

...person, (12 Grattants R. 655,) but to be capable of being considered an inhabitant of a state, and even of being treated as a citizen, for all purposes of suing and being sued. 2 Howard's R. 497. 1 Kenfs Com. 847, note. As to the distinction between corporations and partnerships,...

...and being sued. The decision was guarded and carefully qualified, and was merely to the effect that a corporation, created by, and transacting business...the state capable of being treated as a citizen for such purposes, and that an averment of the facts of its creation, and the place of its transacting...