COTTRELL v. GENERAL SYSTEMS SOFTWARE CORP.

Record No. 931436.

448 S.E.2d 421 (1994)

David E. COTTRELL, et al. v. GENERAL SYSTEMS SOFTWARE CORP.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

September 16, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brian J. Grossman, Richmond, Edward D. Barnes, Chesterfield, for appellants.

Archibald Wallace, III, Richmond (Elaine Scott Moore Goodwin; Sands, Anderson, Marks & Miller, on brief), for appellee.

Present: All the Justices.


HASSELL, Justice.

The sole issue we consider in this appeal is whether an entity that purports to be a corporation may prosecute a cause of action for breach of a contract even though the purported corporation is not a party to the contract.

Plaintiff, General Systems Software Corp., which sold and serviced computer software in central Virginia, was incorporated on February 25, 1983. General Systems purchased a residential lot described as Lot 2, Section III...

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