COMPANY STORES DEV. v. POTTERY WAREHOUSE


733 S.W.2d 886 (1987)

COMPANY STORES DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. The POTTERY WAREHOUSE, INC., and Jane M. Vosseller, Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Tennessee, Eastern Section.

Permission to Appeal Denied July 27, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James R. Kniffen, Barnett & Alagia, Nashville, for plaintiff-appellant.

Harold L. North, Jr., Ray & North, P.C., Chattanooga, for defendants-appellees.


Permission to Appeal Denied by Supreme Court July 27, 1987.

OPINION

FRANKS, Judge.

This appeal presents the issue of whether a corporate promoter who signed a lease agreement as an officer of a prospective corporation falls within the ambit of T.C.A., § 48-1-1405,1 and is thus personally liable to the lessor.

On February 28, 1984, Company Stores Development Corporation executed a lease with Pottery Warehouse...

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