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· 10/30/2001

Ace Development Co. v. Harrison

Citations

  • 76 A.2d 566
  • 196 Md. 357

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • “A corporation, operating through its agents within the scope of their authority within corporate power, is liable for its acts the same as is a natural person. This would seem to be axiomatic.”
  • “[W]hen an official or agent signs a contract for his corporation it is simply a corporate act. It is not the personal act of the individual, and he is not personally liable for the corporate contract unless the matter is tainted by fraud----”
  • “[W]hen an official or agent signs a contract for his corporation it is simply a corporate act. It is not the personal act of the individual, and he is not personally liable for the corporate contract unless the matter is tainted by fraud____”

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Judges: Marbury, Delaplaine, Collins, Grason, Henderson, Markell

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