Brand v. Lowther

How courts have described this case

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

• “There is no inherent authority in the president of a corporation to execute contracts on its behalf, especially where the contract is unusual or relates to transactions not constituting the usual business of the corporation.”
• “There is no inherent authority in the president of a corporation to execute contracts on its behalf, especially where the contract is unusual or relates to transactions not constituting the usual business of the corporation.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

12 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Keister v. Talbott
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1990-04-02· cited 34×
• Maynard v. Board of Educ. of Wayne County
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1987-05-01· cited 25×
• Krukemeier v. Krukemeier MacHine & Tool Co.
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 1990-03-22· cited 22×
• Orphan Aid Society v. Jenkins
  Court of Appeals of South Carolina· 1987-11-23· cited 10×
• Continental Cablevision of New Hampshire, Inc. v. Osgood Lodge 48 I.O.O.F. Building Ass'n
  Supreme Court of New Hampshire· 1983-03-28· cited 5×
• Allegheny Country Farms, Inc. v. Huffman
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 2016-06-06· cited 4×
• State v. Shane
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1995-12-07· cited 2×
• Pee Dee Nursing Home, Inc. v. Florence General Hospital
  Court of Appeals of South Carolina· 1992-07-13· cited 2×
• Nitro Corp. v. PAR Industrial Corp.
  S.D. West Virginia· 2010-10-01
• Frank Investments Ranson, LLC v. Ranson Gateway, LLC
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 2016-02-26
• Amtote International, Inc. v. PNGI Charles Town Gaming Ltd. Liability Co.
  N.D. West Virginia· 1998-02-20
• Francis McGuire and Equity Capital, LLC v. Keith McGuire
  Int. Ct. of App. of W.Va.· 2025-08-29

Cites

28 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• First National Bank of Wellsburg v. Kimberlands
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1880-04-24· cited 75×
• Bluefield Supply Co. v. Frankel's Appliances, Inc.
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1965-06-29· cited 57×
• West Va. O. & O. L. Co. v. Vinal
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1879-04-12· cited 51×
• Mundy v. Arcuri
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1980-06-17· cited 47×
• Raney v. Barnes Lumber Corp.
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1954-05-03· cited 34×
• Abbott v. L'Hommedieu
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1877-05-02· cited 34×
• Bluestone Coal Co. v. Bell
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1893-11-22· cited 31×
• Gray v. Marino
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1953-07-07· cited 23×
• Bumgardner v. Leavitt
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1891-03-31· cited 23×
• Lusher v. Sparks
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1961-11-21· cited 21×
• Kennerly v. Columbia Chemical Corp.
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1923-09-20· cited 20×
• Jennings v. Realty Developers, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1970-01-19· cited 18×
• Edichal Bullion Co. v. Columbia Gold Mining Co.
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1891-04-09· cited 16×
• Simmons v. Kramer
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1891-11-19· cited 15×
• Robinson v. Shepherd
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1923-11-15· cited 15×
• Fanney v. Virginia Investment and Mortgage Corp.
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1959-03-16· cited 13×
• Hawks v. Sparks
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1963-12-02· cited 12×
• Board v. Callihan
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1889-11-18· cited 12×
• T. Nevil Ingram, Inc. v. Lunsford
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1976-04-23· cited 11×
• Beckett v. Kornegay
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1928-05-24· cited 11×