Stumpf v. C. E. Stumpf & Sons, Inc.

Opinion

CHRISTIAN, J.

C. E. Stumpf & Sons, Inc. appeals from a judgment decreeing its dissolution under Corporations Code section 4650. 1 The court found, on substantial evidence, that in 1969 appellant corporation was formed to conduct a masonry and general contracting business. The corporation was wholly owned in equal shares by C. G. Stumpf, Sr. and his two sons, who had previously operated the same business as partners. In 1972, as a result of a managerial dispute, plaintiff-respondent Donald Stumpf, one of the sons, ceased to be employed by the corporation. Thereafter, respondent was…