Merrill v. Caro Investment Co.

Citations

• 70 Wash. 482
• 127 P. 122
• 1912 Wash. LEXIS 1071

Syllabus

<p>Partnership — Assumed or Firm Name — Filing Certificate— Statutes — Scope of Act. A person conducting a business in which he alone is interested, in the name of a company containing his full name, is exempt from filing with the county clerk the designation of the firm with the true and real names of all persons conducting the business or having an interest therein, pursuant to Rem. & Bal. Code, § 8369, by Id. § 8372, providing that nothing in the act shall prevent the lawful use of a partnership designation if the same includes the true and real name or names of all the parties conducting such business or having an interest therein.</p> <p>Corporations — Representation—Acts of Officers — Contracts— Question for Jury. A prima facie ease of authority of the president of a corporation to hire automobiles is established, where the company owned a platted addition where it was selling lots, and the principal use of the automobiles was to carry prospective purchasers from the city to the addition to inspect lots.</p>