Okla. Stat. tit. 18, § 18-1018
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Lack of Corporate Capacity or Power, Effect - Ultra
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LACK OF CORPORATE CAPACITY OR POWER, EFFECT; ULTRA VIRES
No act of a corporation and no conveyance or transfer of real or
personal property to or by a corporation shall be invalid by reason
of the fact that the corporation was without capacity or power to do
such act or to make or receive such conveyance or transfer, but such
lack of capacity or power may be asserted:
1. In a proceeding by a shareholder against the corporation to
enjoin the doing of any act or acts or the transfer of real or
personal property by or to the corporation. If the unauthorized
acts or transfer sought to be enjoined are being, or are to be,
performed or made pursuant to any contract to which the corporation
is a party, the court, if all of the parties to the contract are
parties to the proceeding and if it deems the same to be equitable,
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may set aside and enjoin the performance of such contract, and in so
doing, may allow to the corporation or to the other parties to the
contract, as the case may be, such compensation as may be equitable
for the loss or damage sustained by any of them which may result
from the action of the court in setting aside and enjoining the
performance of such contract. Anticipated profits to be derived
from the performance of the contract shall not be awarded by the
court as a loss or damage sustained;
2. In a proceeding by the corporation, whether acting directly
or through a receiver, trustee, or other legal representative, or
through shareholders in a representative suit, against an incumbent
or former officer or director of the corporation for loss or damage
due to his unauthorized act; or
3. In a proceeding by the Attorney General to dissolve the
corporation, or to enjoin the corporation from the transaction of
unauthorized business.
LACK OF CORPORATE CAPACITY OR POWER, EFFECT; ULTRA VIRES
No act of a corporation and no conveyance or transfer of real or
personal property to or by a corporation shall be invalid by reason
of the fact that the corporation was without capacity or power to do
such act or to make or receive such conveyance or transfer, but such
lack of capacity or power may be asserted:
1. In a proceeding by a shareholder against the corporation to
enjoin the doing of any act or acts or the transfer of real or
personal property by or to the corporation. If the unauthorized
acts or transfer sought to be enjoined are being, or are to be,
performed or made pursuant to any contract to which the corporation
is a party, the court, if all of the parties to the contract are
parties to the proceeding and if it deems the same to be equitable,
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 18. Corporations Page 326
may set aside and enjoin the performance of such contract, and in so
doing, may allow to the corporation or to the other parties to the
contract, as the case may be, such compensation as may be equitable
for the loss or damage sustained by any of them which may result
from the action of the court in setting aside and enjoining the
performance of such contract. Anticipated profits to be derived
from the performance of the contract shall not be awarded by the
court as a loss or damage sustained;
2. In a proceeding by the corporation, whether acting directly
or through a receiver, trustee, or other legal representative, or
through shareholders in a representative suit, against an incumbent
or former officer or director of the corporation for loss or damage
due to his unauthorized act; or
3. In a proceeding by the Attorney General to dissolve the
corporation, or to enjoin the corporation from the transaction of
unauthorized business.
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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