Thomas v. Matthiessen
Supreme Court of the United States
CERTIORARI TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS" FOR THE SECOND CIRCUIT. The facts, which involve the liability under the laws of California of a stockholder of a corporation organized in Arizona for the purpose of carrying on business in California, are Stated in the opinion:
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Holmes
This is a suit by a citizen of California, the-holder of two ■ notes made in California by the Wentworth Hotel Company, to recover from a stockholder in that corporation, a citizen of New York, a proportionate share of the sums due upon the same. The facts as agreed and found are as follows. The corporation was formed under the laws of the Territory of Arizona, among many other things, to buy and sell real estate, ‘to build, maintain, operate and carry on, in all its branches, the business of hotel keeping’ and to build or purchase gas or electric works in Arizona or California, ‘both for its…
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