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Liability To Third Persons Of Associates In Defectively Incorporated Associations, Joseph L. Lewinsohn
Liability To Third Persons Of Associates In Defectively Incorporated Associations, Joseph L. Lewinsohn
Michigan Law Review
The principles underlying the obligations to third persons of the members of defectively incorporated associations, are few and not difficult of apprehension. Yet there is hardly a topic in the law of private corporations upon which the views of both courts and theoretical writers dre in more disagreement. This disagreement is concerned largely with three questions, namely: What is the basis and scope of the doctrine of de facto corporations? Are persons dealing with the associates on a corporate basis estopped to deny the corporate character of the association? Are the associates ipso facto liable as partners? Upon all of …