Thomas v. Wentworth Hotel Co.
California Court of Appeal
APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, and from an order denying a new trial. Curtis D. Wilbur, Judge. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court. I. M. Golden, Rothchild, Golden & Rothchild, and J. M. & H. L. Rothchild, for Appellants.
1Opinion of the CourtJames, J.
Action brought to enforce payment of two promissory notes executed by the Wentworth Hotel Company, a corporation, one being for the sum of $22,500, made in favor of the First National Bank of Pasadena, and the second for the sum of $25,000, made in favor of the Union Savings Bank of the same city. Appellants were joined as parties defendant because of the fact that they were owners of stock in the hotel company at the time the indebtedness sued on was incurred, and recovery was sought against them on their shareholders’ liability arising under the provisions of section 322 of the Civil Code.…
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