Atlantic Refining Co. v. Ingalls & Co.

Harrington, J.,

delivering the opinion of the Court:

This case is before us on a demurrer to the plaintiff’s declaration, and involves the determination of whether it states a cause of action against the defendant company.

A corporation necessarily acts through its agents, but, as a general rule, it is sufficient to merely allege that the acts on which a plaintiff’s cause of action against it is based were the acts of the corporation, and it is not necessary to allege that they were done through its authorized agents. Buffalo Lub. Oil Co. v. Standard Oil Co., 42 Hun (N. Y.) 153, 154; Mechanics’…