Legal Opinion

Mountain Top Youth Camp, Inc. v. Lyon

Court of Appeals of North Carolina

Decided February 20, 1974No. 7417SC13PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HEDRICK, Judge.

By their three assignments of error, defendants contend the court erred in its findings and conclusions that the defendants had failed to show that a valuable consideration passed from defendants and that the defendant Gale Lyon had no implied or inherent authority as President of the plaintiff corporation to convey the property of the plaintiff corporation to himself. We do not agree.

The purchase or lease of the property of a corporation by an officer or director of a corporation renders the transaction voidable, not void, and such transaction will be upheld only when open,…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Cogdill v. North Carolina State Highway CommissionSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1971
  2. Underwood v. StaffordSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1967
  3. Fowle Memorial Hospital Co. v. NicholsonSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1925
  4. Green River Manufacturing Co. v. BellSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1927
  5. Nichols v. St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Co.Court of Appeals of North Carolina · 1971

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Swan Quarter Farms, Inc. v. SpencerCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 1999
  2. Poore v. Swan Quarter Farms, Inc.Court of Appeals of North Carolina · 1989

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