Gies v. Elizabeth Lake Corporation

Michigan Supreme Court

Gies v. Elizabeth Lake Corporation

230 N.W. 509, 250 Mich. 443, 1930 Mich. LEXIS 988

CourtMichigan Supreme Court

DecidedApril 24, 1930

DocketDocket No. 53, Calendar No. 34,647.

StatusPublished

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Gies v. Elizabeth Lake Corporation, 230 N.W. 509, 250 Mich. 443, 1930 Mich. LEXIS 988 (Mich. 1930).

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The decree should be reversed and the bill dismissed, with costs to defendant Shipman.

A corporation, organized to purchase and sell real estate, may lease its holdings. A corporation may enter into a fair contract with one of its directors.

The full board of five directors authorized the lease, and had power to do so. Participation by Mr. Shipman, as a director, in such action, along with the other four directors, did not render the lease void. The lease was valid, and no court may cancel *Page 447 it on the infinitesimal ground that officers of the corporation were given "the free use of the course without payment of greens fees," to the lessee. The later resolution by three members of the board of directors, of whom Mr. Shipman was one, authorizing amendment of the lease to include Mr. Shipman's heirs, even if void, is of no moment for Mr. Shipman is living. If Mr. Shipman is in default under any term of the lease, the remedy of the lessor is at law.

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The decree should be reversed and the bill dismissed, with costs to defendant Shipman.

A corporation, organized to purchase and sell real estate, may lease its holdings. A corporation may enter into a fair contract with one of its directors.

The full board of five directors authorized the lease, and had power to do so. Participation by Mr. Shipman, as a director, in such action, along with the other four directors, did not render the lease void. The lease was valid, and no court may cancel *Page 447 it on the infinitesimal ground that officers of the corporation were given "the free use of the course without payment of greens fees," to the lessee. The later resolution by three members of the board of directors, of whom Mr. Shipman was one, authorizing amendment of the lease to include Mr. Shipman's heirs, even if void, is of no moment for Mr. Shipman is living. If Mr. Shipman is in default under any term of the lease, the remedy of the lessor is at law.

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230 N.W. 509, 250 Mich. 443, 1930 Mich. LEXIS 988, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/opinion/gies-v-elizabeth-lake-corporation-mich-1930.