Gavazza v. Plummer

Citations

• 53 Wash. 14
• 101 P. 370
• 1909 Wash. LEXIS 1263

Syllabus

<p>Corporations — Officers—Personal Liability — Contracts—Principal and Agent. A treasurer of a corporation is personally liable upon a contract wherein he agreed with the subscriber to the capital stock of the corporation, that “I will, upon demand, accept a return of his stock, and refund to him the money he has paid,” on certain conditions, although to his signature he affixed “Treas”; since that was descriptio personae only, and an agent may become personally bound by the form of his promise.</p>