Law on Corporation - GENPROV Flashcards
What are the attributes of an corporation?
Artificial Being
Created by operation of law
Right of succession, has powers, attributes and properties
Expressly authorized by law or incidental to its existence
Corporation is treated by law as a person SEPARATE AND DISTINCT from the investors or incorporators forming it.
True or False?
True, it is called Doctrine of Corporate Entity
The corporation is liable for acts or contracts that are entered into in the name of the corporation
True or False?
True
If a stockholder has a debt to X, can X sue the corporation?
NO, even if the stockholder is the president
Corporations can enter into contracts in its own name
True or False?
True
Corporations can sue and be sued
True or False?
True
Corporations can own properties
But because you’re a stockholder, that does not already make you a co-owner of a specific property in a corporation
True or False?
True
Corporation has the right of succession
Corporation will continue even with the change in the membership or change of stockholders.
True or False?
True
The debts of the corporation are not the debts of its stockholders, nor are the debts of the stockholders the debts of the corporation.
True or False?
True
The stockholders are not the owners of the assets of the corporation but have only an indirect interest therein.
True or False?
True
In connection with corporate property or affairs, stockholders cannot maintain actions in their own name and they have no right to recover possession of property belonging to the corporation or to recover damages for injury thereto:
True or False?
True
In taxation, the income of the corporation is not the income of the stockholders who may still be required to pay taxes on the dividends they may derive from such income.
True or False?
True
Under Doctrine of piercing the veil of corporate entity
When do we apply the doctrine of piercing the veil of a corporate entity?
When corporation is used as a ‘Shield for FRAUD’
What is the general rule in Corporation?
GR: Corporation is SEPARATE AND DISTINCT
What is the exemption to the general rule in Corporation?
A creditor can go after the GUILTY director or officer
When do we apply the doctrine of piercing the veil of a corporate entity?
When corporation is used as a ‘Shield for FRAUD’
*Court can now remove the barrier between the corporation and the directors of the corporation
* To make the guilty directors/ officers liable for the fraud committed
In short:
Separate Juridical Personality of the Corporation is DISREGARDED
ABC Corporation borrowed money from X. If X would want to demand payment from ABC Corp. Can he go to the BOD of the Corp?
No, only in ABC Corp
Because of doctrine of corporate entity
ABC Corporation borrowed money from X. If X would want to demand payment from ABC Corp. If the BOD decided that they don’t want to pay X even if they have sufficient assets. Therefore, the BOD decided to dissolved the Corp and created another one to avoid paying X. Can X go to the BOD of the Corp?
Yes, because there is FRAUD
Doctrine of piercing the veil of corporate entity can ba use
Supposing A has several creditors and he is insolvent. A does not want to pay any of them. A then go and create a corporation and transfer all of his assets making the creditors hard to collect the debt from him. Can creditors now go to A directly and not only to the Corporation?
Yes
However
Creditors will have the burden of proof
- Principle that ‘He who alleges must prove’
Unlike partnerships, corporations do not come into existence by the mere agreement of the parties. They require special authority from the sovereign power.
True or False?
True
A corporation, being a mere creation of the law, operates under the doctrine of limited capacity. Hence, it can only perform acts within the powers expressly granted to it by its charter, those implied from such powers expressly conferred, and those that are incidental to its existence. Any act performed beyond the range of such powers is considered ultra vires.
True or False?
True
What are the similarities of partnership and corporation?
a. Both have a separate juridical personality.
b. Both are artificial persons, i.e., they have no bodily existence, and can only act through agents.
c. Both are composed of a group of persons with the exception of a corporation sole and One Person Corporation (OPC).
d. A partnership, with the exception of a general professional partnership, is taxed as a corporation.
What are the distinctions of partnership and corporation?
a. Manner of creation
b. Number of organizers
c. Right of succession
d. Powers
e. Management
f. Liability of members for debts
g. Commencement of existence
h. Transferability of interest
i. Dissolution
Under the distinctions of partnership and corporation
a. What are their manner of creation?
A corporation is created by operation of law, while a partnership is created by the mere agreement of the partners.