Legal Opinion

Partridge v. Butler

California Supreme Court

Decided July 16, 1896No. S. F. No. 57PublishedCited by 3 opinions

Appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court of the City and County of San Francisco. Charles W. Slack, Judge. The facts are stated iii the opinion of the court.

1Opinion of the CourtHenshaw, J.

Defendant’s demurrer to plaintiff’s complaint having been overruled, and, his motion to strike out certain portions of the same having been denied, he refused to answer, and takes this appeal from the judgment thereafter entered against him.

Plaintiff, executrix, prosecuted the action to enforce a stockholder’s liability against Butler for his proportion of the debt due her testator from the S. S. Construction Company, a corporation. After proper averments showing the number of shares of stock owned by Butler and the total number of subscribed shares of the capital stock, she pleaded that her…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Hunt v. WardCalifornia Supreme Court · 1893
  2. Chace v. TraffordMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1875
  3. Redington v. CornwellCalifornia Supreme Court · 1891
  4. Coffee v. WilliamsCalifornia Supreme Court · 1894
  5. Knowles v. SandercockCalifornia Supreme Court · 1895

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3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Jones v. WiltonCalifornia Supreme Court · 1938
  2. Young v. LoprestiCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1928
  3. Pérez v. CentraleSupreme Court of Puerto Rico · 1911

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