Lake Motel, Inc. v. Lowery

By deed dated October 22, 1976, Lake Motel, Inc., a Virginia corporation (Lake), conveyed to Aubrey D. Lowery and Constance Y. Lowery, his wife (the Lowerys), a .374-acre parcel of land adjoining the Lake Motel in the Town of Clarksville. On June 29, 1977, Lake filed in the trial court a bill of complaint seeking to have the deed declared null and void; the bill alleged that the corporate officers who executed the instrument were without authority to convey the land. By decree entered April 8, 1980, the trial court upheld the validity of the deed; Lake has appealed.

The record shows that in…