Wills v. Porter
California Supreme Court
APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of Loa Angeles County and from an order denying a new trial. Lucien Shaw, Judge. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the Court
THE COURT.
—This action was brought by plaintiff, as a' stockholder of the Porter Land and Water Company, a corporation, for the purpose of annulling a certain resolution passed by the board of directors of said corporation, and of recovering of defendant Porter $46,650 and interest thereon, the said sum having been paid to Porter under the authority of the board of directors and by virtue of said resolution. A complaint in intervention was filed by certain other stockholders. A demurrer was interposed to the complaint and to the complaint in intervention, and overruled, and answers filed.…
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