Wickersham v. Crittenden
California Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court of San Luis Obispo County. The facts are stated in the opinion of the-court.
1Opinion of the CourtHarrison, J.
The plaintiff, as a stockholder in the Bank of San Luis Obispo, brought this action against certain individuals assuming to be directors of the corporation, making the corporation also a defendant, for the purpose of protecting his interests in the corporation against certain acts of the defendants alleged by him to be unauthorized and done with the purpose and effect of injuring his stock therein. To this complaint the defendants demurred upon several grounds, and their demurrer having been sustained, judgment was entered dismissing the complaint, from which the plaintiff has appealed.
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