Spruhan v. Searchlight Gas Co.

Appellate Court of Illinois

Spruhan v. Searchlight Gas Co.

185 Ill. App. 380

Appellate Court of Illinois·Decided March 10, 1914·No. Gen. No. 19,041·Published

Opinion

Mr. Justice Barnes

delivered the opinion of the

Abstract of the Decision. Corporations, § 296*—when evidence insufficient to prove agreement for treasurer's salary. In an action against a corporation to recover a salary as treasurer alleged to be due pursuant to an agreement recorded in the minutes of defendant’s board of directors, a judgment for defendant was sustained, it appearing, that no such salary was provided by the corporation’s by-laws, nor by any resolution passed by the board of directors, that the minutes of the board did not disclose any provision for a salary and that no contract of any kind for such salary was proved by plaintiff.

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Mr. Justice Barnes

delivered the opinion of the

Abstract of the Decision. Corporations, § 296*—when evidence insufficient to prove agreement for treasurer's salary. In an action against a corporation to recover a salary as treasurer alleged to be due pursuant to an agreement recorded in the minutes of defendant’s board of directors, a judgment for defendant was sustained, it appearing, that no such salary was provided by the corporation’s by-laws, nor by any resolution passed by the board of directors, that the minutes of the board did not disclose any provision for a salary and that no contract of any kind for such salary was proved by plaintiff.

Spruhan v. Searchlight Gas Co., 185 Ill. App. 380 (Ill. Ct. App. 1914).

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