The growth of business led to the development of a new type of business organization called the corporation. Which of the following was a characteristic of a corporation?

A corporation is legally separate from its stockholders. If it went bankrupt, the stockholders generally could lose the money they invested, but they were not personally responsible for paying the corporation’s debts. Therefore, the correct choice is “None of the company’s stockholders was legally responsible if the company went bankrupt.”

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