Hotaling v. Hotaling

Plaintiffs, as stockholders and as directors, respectively, of the defendant corporation, The Hotaling Estate Company, brought this action in behalf of said corporation to establish the title of said corporation to certain premises in Marin County, known as the Sleepy Hollow Ranch. Findings and judgment in the court below were in favor of the plaintiffs and the defendants have appealed. An adequate discussion of the respective contentions of the parties requires a somewhat extended statement of facts. In the preparation of the following statement and in reviewing the evidence for that purpose…