Streeten v. Robinson

Citations

• 102 Cal. 542
• 36 P. 946
• 1894 Cal. LEXIS 683

Syllabus

<p>Corporations—Employment of Attorney—Authority of President.— The president or other head of a corporation has authority to employ an attorney, when the exigencies of his company require it.</p> <p>Id.—Executed Contract With Vice-President—Action by Assignee in Insolvency.—Where the vice-president, who, in the absence of the president, conducts the business affairs of the corporation, employed an attorney for the corporation, with whom a settlement was,had for services rendered, and payment made, without objection on the part of the corporation or any officer thereof, the subsequent assignee in insolvency of the corporation cannot recover the money so paid.</p>