O. G. Orr & Co. v. Fireman's Fund Insurance

The plaintiff was a domestic corporation which was dissolved pursuant to statute in 1919. At that time it had four directors, three of whom have not been relieved from their responsibilities as such; and the fourth director has died. This action was brought to recover compensation for services alleged in the complaint to have been rendered by the plaintiff in 1917, but which did not become payable until 1928.

One of the grounds of the motion is that the action was never authorized by the plaintiff or by any competent authority representing it, and that accordingly the attorney for the…