Chanute Brick & Tile Co. v. Gas Belt Fuel Co.

.The opinion of the court was delivered by

Smith, J.:

The findings of the court are in substance that W. B. Hill, in making the contract marked “Exhibit A,” was promoting a corporation, afterward incorporated as the Gas Belt Fuel Company, and that Hill made the contract for the benefit of the gas company after it should be incorporated; that W. S. Cochrane, as trustee, was expressly acting for the plaintiff brick company; that no formal assignment of the contract was made by Hill to the defendant gas company, but the defendant accepted the contract and derived benefits therefrom, with the…