Ace Development Co. v. Harrison

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____”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

21 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Starfish Condominium Ass'n v. Yorkridge Service Corp.
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1983-04-08· cited 74×
• Bart Arconti & Sons, Inc. v. Ames-Ennis, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1975-06-26· cited 68×
• Curtis G. Testerman Co. v. Buck
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1995-11-24· cited 54×
• Dean v. Pinder
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1988-03-29· cited 47×
• A. S. Abell Co. v. Skeen
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1972-03-15· cited 45×
• Goodman v. Poland
  D. Maryland· 1975-05-28· cited 38×
• National City Bank v. Lapides (In Re Transcolor Corp.)
  D. Maryland· 2003-06-13· cited 31×
• Colandrea v. Colandrea
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1979-05-09· cited 31×
• Sims v. Ryland Group, Inc.
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1977-10-13· cited 28×
• Hemelt v. Pontier (In Re Pontier)
  D. Maryland· 1994-02-28· cited 25×
• Ferguson Trenching Co. Inc. v. Kiehne
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1993-01-20· cited 24×
• Clagett v. Hutchison
  Fourth Circuit· 1978-09-14· cited 15×
• Southern Management Corp. v. Taha
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2001-04-03· cited 14×
• Fuller v. Horvath
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1979-06-12· cited 12×
• Gordon v. SS VEDALIN
  D. Maryland· 1972-07-31· cited 10×
• AB CORPORATION v. Futrovsky
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1970-07-10· cited 9×
• Bailey v. Vaughan
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1987-07-22· cited 8×
• Rosenbloom v. Electric Motor Repair Co.
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1976-06-09· cited 8×
• United Electric Supply Co. v. Greencastle Gardens Section III Ltd. Partnership
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1977-05-13· cited 6×
• Selby v. Williams Construction Services
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2008-05-09· cited 5×

Cites

2 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Clark v. Kirsner
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1950-07-19· cited 20×
• Laurel Realty Co. v. Himelfarb
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1950-03-10· cited 8×