North Louisiana Baptist Ass'n v. Milliken

Citations

• 110 La. 1002
• 35 So. 264
• 1903 La. LEXIS 740

Syllabus

<p>ACTION BY ASSOCIATION — EXECUTIVE BOARD —AUTHORITY—CONTRACTS.</p> <p>1. Plaintiff’s suit was properly brought in the name of the association, authorized under its charter to sue; a right it could not divest itself of by attempting to transfer it to an executive board.</p> <p>2. There was no quorum of the executive board present participating and voting' on the proposition to make an exchange of immovable property of the association. The ordinance to that end was not legally adopted.</p> <p>3. The executive board was without authority to transfer the property of the association differently from what the association had decided.</p> <p>4. The executive board was only the agent of the association from which it derived its authority.</p> <p>5. Notice sufficient was given to warn defendant against attempting to transact with the executive board'of plaintiff association.</p> <p>(Syllabus by the Court.)</p>