The Missouri Court of Appeals has held that an officer of a corporation created apparent authority in her son when she signed a credit application as “Secretary-Owner” of the corporation, left a section requiring the names of all owners blank, her son later listed himself, falsely, as an owner, and submitted the application to a third party that extended credit to its detriment. In Motorsport Marketing, Inc. v. Wiedmaier, Inc.(Mo. Ct. App. 2006), Motorsport sold NASCAR merchandise on credit based upon a credit application submitted by Wiedmaier, Inc., owner and operator of a truck stop. Motorsport dealt exclusively with Michael Wiedmaier, son of the only two Wiedmaier, Inc. shareholders and officers. The merchandise was shipped to an L.L.C. owned by Michael, which sold NASCAR merchandise over the internet. Payments were made to Motorsport by the L.L.C., which Michael falsely represented to Motorsport as being a division of Wiedmaier, Inc. Some of the merchandise was displayed for sale at the truck stop, apparently acquired by Wiedmaier Inc. from the L.L.C. When the account exceeded $90,000 in unpaid charges, Motorsport finally contacted Michael’s mom who denied corporate liability on the ground that Michael had not been authorized to act on the corporation’s behalf. Quaere whether the credit application in fact did not create apparent authority because it listed Michael only as an owner, not as an officer, employee, or agent? Quaere whether the corporate Secretary’s execution of the credit application, presumably knowing its purpose, was sufficient to endue Michael with actual authority or whether her subsequent actions were ratification by acquiescence thereby binding the corporation?