Powell v. Alaska Junk Co.

Citations

• 120 Wash. 684
• 207 P. 951
• 1922 Wash. LEXIS 927

Syllabus

<p>Corporations (167, 174)—Representation by Officers—Contracts op Employment—Ratification. A partnership’s employment of an attorney for one year is ratified by a corporation, formed a few months later, where the attorney continued to act for the corporation during the balance of the period.</p> <p>Same (167)-—Contracts—Ratification —■ Evidence — Admissibility. In an action for attorney’s fees, against a corporation which had ratified his employment by a partnership prior to incorporation of the company, it is admissible to show that a branch office of defendant had advised with the attorney on matters pertaining to the corporation after it had taken over the business of the partnership.</p>