Wisconsin Code § 181.0304

Effect of unauthorized corporate acts
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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, except
that lack of capacity or power may be asserted in all of the following cases:
(1) PROCEEDINGS BY MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS. A proceeding
by a member or director against the corporation to enjoin the doing of any act or the transfer of real or personal property by or to
the corporation. If the unauthorized acts or transfer sought to be
enjoined is being, or is to be, performed or made pursuant to any
contract to which the corporation is a party, the court may, if all
of the parties to the contract are parties to the proceeding, and if
the court considers the same to be equitable, set aside and enjoin
the performance of the contract. The court may allow to the corporation or to the other parties to the contract, as the case may be,
compensation for the loss or damage sustained by either of them
as a result of the action of the court in setting aside and enjoining
the performance of the contract. Anticipated profits to be derived
from the performance of the contract may not be awarded by the
court as a loss or damage sustained.
(2) PROCEEDINGS BY THE CORPORATION. A proceeding by
the corporation, whether acting directly or through a receiver,
trustee or other legal representative, or through members in a representative suit, against the incumbent or former officers or directors of the corporation.
(3) PROCEEDINGS BY THE ATTORNEY GENERAL. A proceeding by the attorney general, as provided in this chapter, to dissolve

the corporation, or a proceeding by the attorney general to enjoin
the corporation from performing unauthorized acts.

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