California Thorn Cordage, Inc. v. Diller

At the time of filing the amended complaint in this action (March 31, 1928), the defendant William Diller was a stockholder and director of plaintiff corporation, and also was a creditor of plaintiff. As such creditor he held several notes of the corporation, some of which were secured by mortgage and others were unsecured. Although Elizabeth Diller is named as a defendant, she had no part in the transactions now to be considered, and it will be convenient and sufficient to refer to William Diller as the defendant, or as the appellant, and to describe the plaintiff and respondent as the…