Kelley v. Forney

Citations

• 80 Kan. 145
• 101 P. 1020
• 1909 Kan. LEXIS 35

Syllabus

<p>SYLLABUS BY THE COURT.</p> <p>Corporations — Ultra Vires Contract — Defense Not Available to a Stockholder — Forcible Detainer. In an action of forcible entry and detainer, brought by the lessee of a corporation to recover possession of the leased property, a defendant whose right of occupancy has expired can not question the power of the corporation to execute the lease. The fact that he is a stockholder gives him no right to raise the question of ultra vires in a proceeding of that character.</p>