St. Clair v. Rutledge
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Aupeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Eau 'Olair© county: James O’ÜSTeell, Circuit Judge. Action to quiet title. The complaint is in the usual-form. Defendant pleaded title to the timber upon the land and an interest under a tax deed.
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Aupeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Eau 'Olair© county: James O’ÜSTeell, Circuit Judge. Action to quiet title. The complaint is in the usual-form. Defendant pleaded title to the timber upon the land and an interest under a tax deed. The court, upon the evidence, found, on matters material to this appeal, in substance as follows: (1) October 12, 1893, and prior thereto and thereafter till the conveyance to plaintiff, the Peerless Iron & Land Company, a corporation, owned the lands in dispute, except as affected by transactions with defendant hereafter mentioned. (2) The corporation…
1Opinion of the CourtMaeshall, J.
Was the act of the president of the Peerless-Iron & Land Company, in attempting to extend respondent’s privilege to cut and remove the timber, ultra vires? That is the-sole question for decision. It is useless to spend time endeavoring to test the matter by the law respecting what a president of a corporation cannot do by virtue of his office; that it gives-him no right to make contracts binding on his company; that authority to that end in fact can only be conferred upon him by the articles of organization or some by-law or resolution passed by the board of directors, and that all persons…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Ceeder v. H. M. Loud & Sons Lumber Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1891
- Ford v. HillWisconsin Supreme Court · 1896
- McElroy v. Minnesota Percheron Horse Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1897
- Northwestern Fuel Co. v. LeeWisconsin Supreme Court · 1899
- Senour Manufacturing Co. v. ClarkeWisconsin Supreme Court · 1897
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- Haynes v. Kenosha Electric Railway Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1909
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