Christian v. Bowman’s Empirical Analysis

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1 federal appellate · 3 state decisions

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1. ““It would perhaps have been a serious question for the consideration of the court, under the evidence in the ease, if proper findings had been made, whether the defendants, for the purposes of this case, should not have been held to be a corporation de facto. So that if the plaintiff in these transactions dealt with the company as a corporation, and the deed, notes, and mortgage were given and received as corporate contracts by and between the parties, the individual members ought not to be charged with a joint liability, as partners or otherwise, contrary to the mutual understanding of all parties as to the nature of the contract, solely on the ground of a technical omission to file the affidavit of publication. “And it may be, if the record were such as to bring the case within the rule in respect to parties contracting with de facto corporations, and under whieh they are estopped to deny the corporate existence of an association claiming to be and acting as a corporation, a more equitable result might have been reached in this ease. But that question is not fairly in the case, and cannot be considered under the assignments of error. No reference is made in the pleadings to the existence of a corporation.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Henry v. Markesan State Bank