Ninneman v. Fox
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Spokane county, Huneke, J., entered September 7, 1905, in favor of the defendants, upon, sustaining a demurrer to the complaint, dismissing an action brought by a stockholder against a third party for defrauding the corporation.
1Opinion of the CourtHudkih, J.
The legal sufficiency of the complaint is the only question presented on this appeal. The pleading itself is somewhat voluminous, but we think the following statement will sufficiently disclose the nature of the plaintiff’s demand. Between the years 1901 and 1904, the Hope Lumber Company, a corporation, of the state of Idaho, was engaged in the manufacture and sale of lumber, and during that period the plaintiff was its manager at a salary of $1,200 per year. The capital stock of the company was $25,000, and the plaintiff was, during the times complained of, the owner of oneffifth of the…
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