Herman v. Hecht
California Supreme Court
Appeal from an order of the Superior Court of the City and County of San Francisco denying a new trial. William T. Wallace, Judge. The facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
Haynes, C.
This action is brought by plaintiff against Abraham E. Hecht and fourteen other defendants to recover from them, as stockholders in the Pacific Jute Manufacturing Company, a California corporation, *555their proportion of a promissory note made by said corporation to the Farmers and Merchants’ Bank of Los Angeles, dated April 20,1881, for the sum of forty thousand dollars, payable fifteen daj^s after demand, with interest at a specified rate. Said note was indorsed by William Scholle, J. Brandenstein, and I. Cahn.
The defendant’s answer, in addition to denials which put in issue the…
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