Safety Deposit Life Insurance v. Smith

Citations

• 65 Ill. 309

Syllabus

<p>1. Corporation—liability for service. performed before organization. Where the plaintiff was employed by one of the corporators named in the charter of a corporation, to act as a book keeper, and in that capacity rendered services before the organization of the company, and when the organization was formed neither the plaintiff nor any one else informed the stockholders of the services he had performed, or that he expected to claim payment therefor, and the evidence failed to show that the company appropriated his labor or its avails to their use, audited his account, or ever agreed to pay him: Held, that the facts showed no ground of recovery.</p>