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SMITH v. FORD MOTOR CO.

No. 67.

221 S.E.2d 282 (1976)

289 N.C. 71

Jack D. SMITH v. FORD MOTOR COMPANY et al.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

January 29, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hatfield & Allman by Weston P. Hatfield and R. Bradford Leggett, Winston-Salem, for plaintiff.

Hudson, Petree, Stockton, Stockton & Robinson by J. Robert Elster and W. Thompson Comerford, Jr., Winston-Salem, for defendant Ford Motor Co.

Womble, Carlyle, Sandridge & Rice by W. P. Sandridge, Jr., Winston-Salem, for defendants Cloverdale Ford, Inc., Thomas Keesee, Sr., and James K. Dobbs.

LAKE, Justice.

The complaint alleges that, after its incorporation, Cloverdale adopted the contract of 18 May 1971 concerning the plaintiff's employment as its president and general manager. Although a corporation may not technically ratify a contract made on its behalf prior to its incorporation, since it could not at that time have authorized such action on its behalf, it may, after it comes into existence, adopt such...

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