Court Rules: Corporate Pleadings Valid Without Formal Authority If Position Allows Signing and Verification.

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....A substantive right should not be allowed to be defeated on account of a procedural irregularity which is curable. In this view of the matter, this Court is of the considered view that even in the absence of any formal letter of authority or power of attorney having been executed, a person by virtue of the office which he holds, could sign and verify the pleadings on behalf of the corporation. - HC....