Cordes v. Hammond
California Court of Appeal
APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of the City and County of San Francisco. George E. Crothers, Judge. Reversed and affirmed. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court. William S. Downing, O. C. Wilson, H. L. McAllister and Alfred J. Harwood for Appellants.
1Opinion of the CourtKerrigan, J.
This is an action brought by the plaintiff, as assignee of numerous creditors of the Combined Amusements Company, a defunct corporation, on a default judgment taken against that concern, to recover from the defendants various sums on account of unpaid subscriptions to the capital stock of said corporation. . Plaintiff recovered judgment against the defendants, certain of whom prosecute this appeal, namely, L. C. Hammond, W. C. Chamberlin, Adolph Lehman, R. G. Matzene, Mark H. Manning, and Wm. L. McGuire.
[1] In actions of this character it is necessary for the plaintiff to show that prior to…
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