Blakeslee v. Hall

Citations

• 94 Cal. 159
• 29 P. 623
• 1892 Cal. LEXIS 659

Syllabus

<p>Corporation Sole — Grant to Individual and his Successor in Office. — A grant to a particular person eo nomine, “and to his successor in office as hishop ” of a particular church, does not pass any estate in the land granted to .the subsequent incumbent of the office of such bishop, unless the bishop of the church was a corporation sole.</p> <p>Id. — Creation or Corporation Sole. — In California a corporation sole can be created only by compliance with the provisions of section 602 of the Civil Code.</p>