Loverin v. McLaughlin

The pleadings upon which the judgment below was rendered call for a determination as to the necessity of filing in the county recorder’s office, for record, the certificate of the Secretary of State required by Sec. 4 of Chap. 32; R. S., Illinois, entitled “ Corporations,” as a condition precedent to assuming corporate powers by directors without rendering themselves liable for the debts of the corporation under the provisions of Sec. 18 of the same act, and for a construction of that section.

Sec. 18 is as follows:

“ If any person or persons being, or pretending to be, an officer or agent, or…