Edwards v. Plains Light & Water Co.
Montana Supreme Court
Appeal from District Court, Sanders County; B. Lee McCullough, Judge. Action by C. O. Edwards against the Plains Light & Water Company. Judgment for plaintiff. Defendant appeals from the judgment and an order denying its motion for a new trial.
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Appeal from District Court, Sanders County; B. Lee McCullough, Judge. Action by C. O. Edwards against the Plains Light & Water Company. Judgment for plaintiff. Defendant appeals from the judgment and an order denying its motion for a new trial. The president has no power to bind the corporation, but his power as an agent of the corporation must be founded on the organic law thereof, or on a delegation of authority from the board of directors, and his duties arising from his office as president are confined to presiding, and voting as a director. (Ex parte Biclcey, 31 Nev. 82, 135 Am. St. Rep.…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Brantly
Action for damages for breach of a contract of employment. It is alleged in the complaint that on April 24, 1910, at Battle Creek, Michigan, the plaintiff and the defendant mutually agreed that plaintiff should serve defendant as its superintendent at Plains, Montana, for a term of three years beginning on May 1, 1910, to receive therefor wages at the rate of $100 per month; that plaintiff entered upon the performance of the services required under the agreement, and has ever since been and is now ready to perform them; and that the defendant on August 31 1911, wrongfully discharged plaintiff…
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