Legal Opinion
London & Lancashire Indemnity Co. of America v. Fairbanks Steam Shovel Co.
Ohio Supreme Court
Decided February 24, 1925No. 18731PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtAllen, J.
The principal contentions made in this action by the defendant in error were that the execution of the indemnity contract was beyond the corporate powers of the defendant corporation, and that the secretary and treasurer was un authorized to make a contract of indemnity on behalf of the defendant corporation. The defendant in error therefore urges, and the lower courts held, that the contract of indemnity which is the basis of the action was invalid.
Consideration of these points requires some review of the admitted facts.
Throughout the course of this opinion the plaintiff in error will be…
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