McDougald v. Argonaut Land & Development Co.
California Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court of San Joaquin County and from an order denying a new trial. Ansel Smith, Judge. The judgment appealed from exonerated the plaintiff from all liability for payment of rent by reason of any guaranty or suretyship upon the lease between John Boggs and William D. McLaren, and awarded costs in favor of plaintiff against the defendant John Boggs. Further facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtTemple, J.
This action is sui generis. The complaint as it was originally drawn, and as it was at the trial, and until the close thereof, among other things averred in substance that the corporate defendant, the Argonaut *89Land and Development Company, on the first day of May, 1890, owned a certain tract of land which it was endeavoring to sell for one hundred and forty thousand dollars, and that certain of the defendants were the directors of the corporation, and were authorized to make such sale, and as such directors and agents, for the purpose of making the sale, were empowered to enter into any and…
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