Legal Opinion
Breakstone v. Giannini
California Court of Appeal
Decided July 19, 1945No. Civ. 14790PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POX, J. pro tem.
This is an appeal from a judgment dismissing the action upon motion of the defendant A. P. Giannini under section 583 of the Code of Civil Procedure because the case had not been brought to trial within five years after the filing of the complaint.
Appellant is the owner of ten shares of the capital stock of the defendant, Transamerica Corporation. As such stockholder, she brought this action on behalf of herself and all other stockholders of said corporation. She seeks to recover from the respondent, Giannini, for the benefit of Transamerica, the sum of $778,470.42. (Nineteen…
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