Legal Opinion

Union Investment Ass'n v. Geer

Appellate Court of Illinois

Decided June 11, 1896Published

Assumpsit, for money had and received. Appeals from the County Court of Cook County; the Hon. Orrin N. Carter, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Waterman

These cases are so similar that but one opinion is written, it being applicable to each.

Appellant’s brief contains the following:

“ A vice-president is not an officer generally known to the law creating the corporation; he comes under the class usually known as such other officers and agents as shall be determined by the directors or managers.’ He is, as this court has aptly said, a sort of a ‘fifth wheel.’ He is generally to act as president in case of the death, absence or inability of the president to act. He is a conditional officer. He is an officer at some future time after his election…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Lycoming Fire Insurance v. WardIllinois Supreme Court · 1878
  2. Travelers' Insurance v. PullingIllinois Supreme Court · 1895
  3. Fame Insurance v. MannAppellate Court of Illinois · 1879
  4. Cook v. Imperial Building Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1894
  5. Pulling v. Travelers' InsuranceAppellate Court of Illinois · 1894

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