Baird v. Jewett Car Co.

Citations

• 35 Ohio C.C. Dec. 59
• 24 Ohio C.C. (n.s.) 380

Syllabus

<p>POSSESSION</p> <p>Ownership of Land Taken in Name of Attorney of Corporation Which Entered into Possession.</p> <p>A purchase of land by one who in other matters was acting as the attorney and agent of a corporation which at once took possession of the land, will be regarded as having been made for the corporation notwithstanding title was taken by the attorney in his own name, where the corporation thereafter issued stock to the attorney in an amount in face value somewhat exceeding the price of the land and remained in undisputed possession for more than ten years without any claim having been made by the said attorney on account of the land or any attempt to collect rent for its use; and an action to recover possession of the land, brought by one to whom it was conveyed by the said attorney and who had full knowledge of all the circumstances surrounding its purchase by the attorney will be dismissed and title established in the corporation.</p>