MORSE v. FALL RIVER LINE PIER, INC.


345 Mass. 681 (1963)

189 N.E.2d 512

BENJAMIN W. MORSE vs. FALL RIVER LINE PIER, INC.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Bristol.

April 2, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John F. O'Donoghue for the defendant.

William A. Torphy, for the plaintiff, submitted a brief.

Present: WILKINS, C.J., SPALDING, WHITTEMORE, KIRK, & REARDON, JJ.


WHITTEMORE, J.

These are the defendant's exceptions in an action of contract in which the plaintiff had a verdict for breach of a contract for his employment as pier manager for three years from March 1, 1957.

1. The defendant's motion for a directed verdict was rightly denied.

The defendant relies on the absence of any action by directors valid to impose an obligation upon the corporation. The evidence shows at best a de facto board. The directors...

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