Ullman v. Bee Hive Department Store

It is the contention of the defendant company that L. D. Hoffman was not authorized to execute the contract of November 3, 1925, on behalf of the Bee Hive Department Store. It appears without dispute that L. D. Hoffman was the secretary and treasurer and manager of the store business at Wausau and that he and his wife were the *354only officers of the corporation who resided in Wisconsin. It is apparent from a perusal of the lease that it was within the scope and purpose of the corporation to procure the lease because for that reason an option was included in the original lease of August 28,…