Joy Management Co v. Detroit

In Joy Management Co v. Detroit, 183 Mich. App. 334, 340; 455 N.W.2d 55 (1990), two individuals argued that they could not be convicted under a city of Detroit ordinance punishing certain acts by a "purchaser or transferee" of property because their corporation was the actual "purchaser or transferee" of the property in question. The Court stated: It is well established that corporate employees and officials are personally liable for all tortious and criminal acts in which they participate, regardless of whether they are acting on their own behalf or on behalf of a corporation. . . . Accordingly, since the individual plaintiffs . . . allegedly participated in violating the ordinance, they may be prosecuted under it. Id.